US asks Turkey to stop buying Russia's S-400 missile system and to buy back but Turkey rejects

Several days ago there were reports that a group of US government delegates had tried to persuade Ankara to abandon the acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile system and to return to its Patriot missile system, but Turkey refused. This suggestion was canceled. According to a quote from the Russian Sputnik newspaper on Sunday, January 6, 2019.

On Thursday, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that the US offered to sell Patriot missile systems to Ankara after the US State Department authorized the sale of a GEM-T missile to Turkey. 80 for the Patriot MIM-104E and 60 MSE missiles for PAC-3 for $ 3.5 billion. But Washington's proposal has been rejected by Turkey.

The S-400 is the latest Russian mobile-air defense missile system capable of up to three missiles and capable of destroying multiple types of aerial targets, including reconnaissance aircraft And ballistic missiles at short range or far beyond.