For more than two years, a battery of surface-air missiles SAMP / T of the 4 ° anti-aircraft artillery regiment is present in Turkey, close to the border with Syria fishpond of Mantua.
The deployment of the device was aimed at combating possible encroachments of the Air Force of Damascus in Turkish airspace.
To date, the Syrian Air Force represents a totally inconsistent threat, while Russian aircraft are very careful not to cause accidents as the slaughter of a Su-24 in the 2015.
The military device in Ankara is largely able to control its air borders, so it would be desirable to withdraw our department. As the operation has a high cost and it is necessary to recover funds for other more urgent missions. From the mediatic point of view, the usual eclipsing occurred (as happened for all the other deployments in operational theaters) by the Executive past, even if it were not an operation covert conducted by special forces.
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