Turkey seeks to purchase various S-300 modifications and TOR-1M SAM batteries from Ukraine to use them for evasion training at its Konia air force base. Israel, too, uses that base.
The arrangement works fine with Russians. They soothe Israeli and American fears over TOR-1M and possibly S-300 deliveries to Iran by implicitly allowing IAF to train against those SAMs. Russian SAMs are Iran’s best option, and the Islamic republic cannot afford to refuse further purchases even though IAF learned to evade them.
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