Turkey may soon put its controversial Russian S-400 air defenses in operation

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 17:38

Russia Turkey S-400 delivery — Parts of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded from a Russian plane at Murted Airport, known as Akinci Air Base, near Ankara, Turkey in 2019.
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Turkey may deploy its Russian S-400 Triumf air defenses on the Iraqi border.
US officials have warned Turkey against "activating" it.
The missile attacks between Israel and Iran may also be a rationale to deploy the S-400.

Turkey may deploy its advanced Russian S-400 Triumf air defenses on the Iraqi border for its planned summer offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, in Iraqi Kurdistan. Such a move would mark the first operational deployment of the missile system since Ankara received it in 2019 to Western reproach.