President of Defence Industries Prof. Dr. Ismail Demir answered questions of Turkey's leading defence magazines via domestic video conferencing system. Answering the questions of C4Defence, Demir made important statements about the S-400 air defence system.

Although the S-400 procurement agreement includes items such as training, maintenance and technical support, Russian personnel will not be able to access the S-400 batteries as they wish. Stating that this issue is a red line, President of Defence Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir stated that local companies will be the authority in the maintenance processes. While explaining that the installation process is still continuing and certain systems are put into operation, it was underlined that the parties that touch the systems and do business will be Turkish companies and Turkish Air Force.

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