US Senators blast Turkey for S-400 test

The top majority and minority leaders of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee have strongly condemned Turkey’s testing Friday of its Russian-built S-400 air defense system.

Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) said that the test firing “is unacceptable behavior from a (NATO) ally” that put Turkey “beyond the pale” and called for sanctions:

The Committee’s minority leader Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey)  also condemned Turkey’s action, saying that it is not deterred by the Trump Administration’s “meek pleas.” He called for “immediate” sanctions: