Turkey has decided to mass produce the Tayfun missile

Issues related to the addition of new weapons systems were discussed at a meeting of the armaments committee held yesterday at the Presidential Palace under the presidency of Erdogan, while the Turkish president called for the mass production of the Tayfun ballistic missile. Besides, the Erdogan lately it has repeatedly threatened to hit Greece with Tayfun.

As SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul, Turkey will “run” 25 armament programs: among them –except Tayfun– three frigates, Turkish-made anti-aircraft systems, an anti-ship missile and missiles are in Ankara’s plans.

An upset for Menendez

There is enormous irritation in Turkey because of this of Bob Menendez’s statements against Ankara and Erdoganwith the Turkish media noting that “Menendez states that the US supports Greece”.

The Haber Global anchor said: “Bob Menendez is basically saying to Greece ‘don’t worry, the US is with you’ and on the F-16 issue he said ‘no matter what, I will block their sale.’ Haber Global reported: “Bob Menendez took out of context the statements of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had declared that ‘if Greece does not sit quietly we will hit Athens with the Tayfun missile. Bob Menendez, without referring to Greece’s provocations, accused Turkey of threatening a NATO member country.

In addition, Turkish analysts repeat the positions of Mevlut Cavusoglu that “the islands were militarized and no longer belong to Greece”

The analyst of the ASAM center, Erai Gützluer said: “The status of the Aegean has not been clearly defined, according to international law. That’s what we say. Turkey has started a more active policy. Because Greece has militarized the islands which should be demilitarized. This is what the Lausanne and Paris treaties say, so these islands no longer belong to Greece. So geologically and geographically there is a need to redefine the regime”.

Besides, yesterday the Turkish Ministry of Defense claimed that Greek fighters locked Turkish fighters with their radars.

ATV reported the following: “While the aircraft were flying over international airspace, fighters took off from five Greek air bases and locked the Turkish fighters with their radars.”