🔴 NATO to change IFF identification system due to Turkey having activated its S-400 systems and making it possible for Russia to acquire vital information about the radar signatures of allied jets such as the F-35 and F-16s among several others
>https://archive.is/yHWfV

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🔹 "This shift is particularly problematic because of Moscow's activities in Europe and the Middle East, as it threatens key US and NATO interests. "Turkey's relocation is also worrying because of its position as a NATO member as well as its strategic position"

🔹"The joint placement of S-400s and F-35 aircraft will allow Moscow to obtain valuable information on the neutralization of 5th generation F-35s used by the US Air Force and its allies. For this reason, Washington was right expelled t avoid Ankara from the F-35 program last year"

🔹In addition, the United States and NATO are moving from a "Mode 4" aircraft identification system to a next-generation "Mode 5" encrypted system.

🔹This system allows anti-aircraft missile arrays and NATO warplanes to discern whether an unknown aircraft is friendly or hostile.

🔹The United States will never allow the Turkish S-400s to acquire Mode 5 capabilities, as this would allow Russia to "break" NATO identification codes and quickly locate NATO aircraft.

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🔴Reports surface that Turkey could be recruiting and planning to send Syrian mercenaries to the Greek border
>https://archive.is/fx0zN

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🔹Abraham Kasparian, a Syrian-born Armenian journalist, revealed through a leaked conversations between Idlib-based terrorists that Turkey is now recruiting Syrian mercenaries to be sent to the Greek border.

🔹On Wednesday he said it is being spread among Syrian militants in Idlib that a war between Greece and Turkey is “highly possible” and that there are thousands of Syrian mercenaries ready to be deployed on the land border with Greece.

🔹Kasparian says that as Turkey is hosting thousands of Syrian militants

🔹Many of these Syrian militants are becoming a domestic problem in Turkey, which is part of the reason why Erdogan is dispersing them as a moveable fighting force to serve his interests in Libya and Azerbaijan. According to Kasparian, some of the mercenaries will be deployed on the land border between Greece and Turkey in Thrace

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🚨 Pentagon warns Turkey of "serious consequences" for S-400. "An S-400 operating system is incompatible with the commitments made by Turkey as a US and NATO ally"
>https://archive.is/esxsr

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🔹"The US Department of Defense strongly condemns the test of the S-400 system carried out by Turkey on October 16, a test that was confirmed today by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ," the spokesman said.

🔹"We oppose the testing of this system by Turkey, which could have serious consequences for our security relationship," the statement added.

🔹"An S-400 operating system is incompatible with the commitments made by Turkey as a US and NATO ally"

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🚨 Hours after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Greece and Turkey had both decided to suspend scheduled military exercises in the Aegean on the eve of their national holidays, Turkey issued a new NAVTEX on the same dates. Stoltenberg had called the decision from both countries an advancement
>https://archive.is/bZbXp

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🔹 The Gaffe:
NATO's Secretary General announced that Greece and Turkey had decided to cancel the military exercises scheduled for the 28th anniversary of each other (29th). October)

🔴 The reality:
According to Greek Officials, it was a proposal made by Stoltenberg and there was no agreement. According to the same sources, the Greek Minister of Defense, stressed that "as long as the provocation continues, Athens does not discuss".

🔹 What Stollenberg said:
Mr. Stoltenberg: "A very welcome step" and praised Athens and Ankara for the "flexibility and their constructive attitude."


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Napoli, proteste e tensioni in strada nella prima notte di coprifuoco.

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there are several protests going on in Naples, Italy against the lockdown and the current government

Situazione a Napoli

🇪🇸 Spanish ambassador to Turkey says that Spain opposed sanctions against Turkey in the EU because of Spanish interests in Turkey and says that the conflicts in the Eastern Mediterranean should not poison other (from other European countries)
>https://archive.is/QXQ9V

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🇹🇷 Erdogan made new inflammatory and provocative statements today, targeted Greece, saying its a spoiled country and also directed his words to Macron, saying that the French President needs "psychiatric examination" due to his stance on islam
>https://archive.is/usvME

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🔹 Turkish President Erdogan has launched a new attack on French President Emmanuel Macron over his anti- Muslim policies, saying he needed "mental checks".

🔴 " What can one say about a head of state facing millions of members of different religious groups in this way: first of all, must be psychiatric control"

🔹 The President of Turkey once again described Greece as "spoiled" and stressed that Turkey will not surrender to it.

🔴 "In the Eastern Mediterranean, it is necessary to stay on the side of justice instead of surrendering to the ill-educated Greece and the Greek Cypriot sector. "If those who are against us do not act in accordance with the law, we are determined to implement our own plans."

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