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Wednesday, 2 October 2013

For China, Turkey missile deal a victory even if it doesn’t happen

Turkey’s $4 billion order for a Chinese missile defense system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons, even though opposition from Washington and NATO threatens to derail the deal.


The winning bid from the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC) to deliver its FD-2000 air defense missile system in a joint production agreement with Turkey is the first time a Chinese supplier has won a major order for state-of-the-art equipment from a NATO member. U.S., Russian and Western European manufacturers were also in the fray.


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David Lague, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/J_CTVNTVIhU/

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