Why does it take ten months to deploy Turkey’s S-400s? - analysis

Speaking symbolically on the third anniversary of the 2016 attempted coup against him, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that eight planes had landed with parts of the S-400.

First 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, July 12, 2019.

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BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

JULY 17, 2019 01:21

Why does it take ten months to deploy Turkey’s S-400s? - analysis

Speaking symbolically on the third anniversary of the 2016 attempted coup against him, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that eight planes had landed with parts of the S-400.

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Why does it take ten months to deploy Turkey’s S-400s? - analysis

Speaking symbolically on the third anniversary of the 2016 attempted coup against him, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that eight planes had landed with parts of the S-400.

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