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_AutomaticJack_ t1_j0x82ge wrote

Reply to comment by falconzord in Ukraine May Finally Get Greece’s Russian S-300 Missiles by srjain313

More SAMs is more SAMs even if they are just a T90 style rebrand.... and besides, they aren't really doing Turkey any good sitting in a warehouse making the US hate them... Having them would do good for the Ukrainians and not having them would potentially do good for the Turks... Or, they could just drift farther away from the west and NATO, ya know, whatever...

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falconzord t1_j0xeyxf wrote

Not debating that but just saying that Russian tech has been pretty stagnant. The MiG35 is also a rebrand. Ultimately I think Turkey doesn't give unless they get some benefit in return. They do have the Syrian border to worry about.

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_AutomaticJack_ t1_j0y1c1m wrote

Oh, for sure... On both counts, actually.

While I don't think the S400s do the Syrian border much good packed up in a warehouse, they don't do any harm (like making high-resolution scans of western aircraft on hardware that Russia may have access to...) either. And I definitely do think that the present Turkish government doesn't do anything unless they figure that they have squeezed as much out of the situation as they can (see also: The Finns and NATO).

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