A Turkish military official has acknowledged that the country is facing significant pressure to make a final decision on the acquisition of an air defense system. "We are pushing at least to reach the end of these contract negotiations we want to make as soon as possible," Ismail Demir, Turkey's under secretary for defense industries, said at a June 2 U.S.-Turkey relations conference in Washington. "It won't be six or seven months, it will be much, much sooner. We are...
