Turkey believes that there is a technical solution to the controversy over its recent selection of a Chinese system for its T-Loramids air and missile defence requirement, the country's top defence industry official has told IHS Jane's. Turkey's announcement in late September that it would enter discussions with China's Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation for the purchase of the HQ-9 long-range air and missile defence system has roiled the alliance. Military and political officials from several allied nations have spoken out against the plan, arguing that the Chi- nese system would be incompatible with NATO systems.
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