Sec. 1267. Sense of Congress on acquisition by Turkey of Patriot system
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Congress finds the following: The Government of Turkey has indicated in a communication to Congress that there remains an opportunity to meet Turkey’s requirement for an air and missile defense capability through the acquisition of the Patriot system from the United States. The acquisition of the Patriot system could remove the need to acquire the S–400 air and missile defense system from Russia, which is incompatible with the integrated air and missile defense system of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)and should preclude Turkey’s participation in the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter
(JSF)consortium program with the United States. Congress— supports the efforts of the United States Government to achieve a satisfactory arrangement with Turkey by which Turkey acquires the Patriot system to defend its airspace, which would preserve Turkey as a production partner in the F–35 JSF consortium program; encourages the Department of Defense to secure the deployment of a Patriot system to Turkey, under United States or NATO operational control, for the purpose of providing Turkey with an interim capability to address urgent vulnerabilities in Turkey’s air and missile defense during the period in which an agreement is reached for Turkey’s acquisition of the Patriot system; and notes that any such deployment of the Patriot or a NATO interoperable system in the interim is contingent on Turkey’s commitment to cancel the S–400 air and missile defense system acquisition.