How come 10 mins dialog led to purchase agreement with France?
It didn't. I Think its being blown out of proportion, even if how long would delivery take ? or how long till Full Operational Capability ?
September 2013:
Singapore’s Defense Minister announced Singapore’s acquisition of a Eurosam SAMP/T equipped with Aster 30 interceptors
Q4 2017:
They apparently received the initial Batch.
But Turkish Officials keep insisting on the Eurosam. President, Foreign Minister and MoD.
25.09.2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to purchase European-made air defence missiles and approached his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to drop his opposition to Turkey’s co-production of Eurosam's SAMP/T systems, officials told Bloomberg on Friday.
09.07.2021
"Çavuşoğlu said that they also discussed this issue with his French counterpart. Referring to the preliminary agreement with the Eurosam company in the past, Çavuşoğlu said, "As Turkey, we signed a letter of intent with Eurosam on the purchase and joint production in the past. We can revive this as well. It does not have to be Patriot. We can get it." used the phrases."
Dışişleri Bakanı Çavuşoğlu, "ABD'nin birçok alanda bizimle işbirliği yapma arzusunda olduğunu görüyoruz" dedi.
www.trthaber.com
18.05.2019
While visiting the newly built F-35 facilities at Malatya Erhaç 7th Main Jet Base, Honorable Minister of National Defense Akar said that Turkey is interested in EUROSAM SAMP-T, that is, Aster air and missile defense system, in the program he attended yesterday, and will soon be talking about purchasing or co-production.
Sayın Milli Savunma Bakanı Akar, Malatya Erhaç 7.Ana Jet Üssü’nde yeni yapılan F-35 tesislerini geze
www.savunmasanayist.com
22.10.2020
Turkey’s Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar today hinted at a possible purchase of air defense systems (ADS) from France and Italy.
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> If they really want this Air Defence System, why wasn't Eurosam just chosen after Chinese Deal fell through in 2015 ?