Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will fully deploy the Russia S-400 missile defense systems, despite the threat of U.S. sanctions, and added that he will "go further" to jointly produce S-400s with Moscow.

It's unclear when and where Turkey will make weapons with Russia, but Turkey will be the first NATO member to operate the Russian surface-to-air missile defense system, and will be the first NATO member country to make weapons with Russia. This risks undermining the country's NATO membership and could precipitate a new crisis in Turkey's economy.

The first batch of the Russian S-400 system's hardware was delivered to Turkey last week and Erdogan said "Inshallah [God willing], we will be done by April 2020."

U.S. President Donald Trump keeps threatening sanctions on Turkey, claiming he will remove Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program. Since the program is operating alongside the S-400 Turkey to use, Trump believes, it will allow Moscow to learn the stealth fighter's secrets.

The Turkish leader previously said he does not believe Washington will impose sanctions since Trump expressed sympathy for Turkey's position when the two at a G20 summit in Japan last month, saying Ankara had bought the S-400s from Moscow because the previous U.S. administration would not sell the Patriot defense system to Turkey.

However, Bloomberg citing government sources reported the sanctions will be applied later this week, avoiding the political symbolism of punishing Erdogan on the anniversary of the 2016 coup.

Turkey had been in negotiations to purchase U.S.-made Patriot defense system during Barack Obama administration, but fell through as Turkey asked to include a technology transfer for the sale.

(With input from agencies.)

Turkey faces new U.S. sanctions with S-400 Russian missile delivery