Turkey Angers the U.S. by Offering Helicopters to Pakistan

Turkey is aggressively lobbying to give T-129 attack helicopters to Pakistan to replace its aging AH-1F fleet and is prepared to agree to generous terms with cash-strapped Pakistan to do so, according to sources.

The T-129 attack helicopter is a coproduction of the Turkish aerospace industries and a European consortium.

However, the U.S. could sink the deal and make a counteroffer of helicopter gunships to Pakistan that could be too good to refuse.

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