Recent tensions with Russia has forced Turkey to consider buying a long-range air defense system off-the-shelf rather than developing its own indigenous version.
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Ankara last month scrapped a long-running competition to buy a system from China.
Military analysts say it will still take between 30 to 40 months for Western manufacturers to deliver a system to Turkey.