Category Archives: Missile Defense

Musings on Missile Defense and Turkey’s Defense Doctrine

Posted on November 6, 2013 by aaronstein1

Lale Kemal reports that the Turkish Military “is allegedly very unhappy that it might finally acquire ‘second-hand, not battle-tested and cheap Chinese missiles,’ as opposed to US-made Patriot missile system …. the Turkish military is reportedly also mad at the … Continue reading →

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The HQ-9: Dissecting Turkey’s Missile Defense Decision

Posted on July 2, 2013 by aaronstein1

Burak Bekdil, Turkey’s defense corespondent for Hurriyet Daily News and Jane’s Defence Weekly, reports that Turkey is “is strongly leaning toward adopting a Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defense system.” The HQ-9 missile system is reportedly based on and has … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Turkey’s Missile Defense Plans

Posted on April 1, 2013 by aaronstein1

In January 2013, Lale Sariibrahimoglu and Nicholas de Larrinaga reported: Turkey has decided to abandon its plans to buy an off-the-shelf system for its T-Loramids surface-to-air missile (SAM) programme and is now seeking to co-develop a SAM system instead. Local … Continue reading →

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Passive Defense: The Questions Turks Should be Asking about Patriot

Posted on March 7, 2013 by aaronstein1

Yesterday, I summarized an article I co-authored with Shashank Joshi – a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute- about the Patriot missile system and Turkey’s Syria policy. If you missed yesterday’s post, click here. In general, Shashank and … Continue reading →

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On 15 February, NATO announced that the final of the the six Patriot batteries was operational. According to the press release, “In response to Turkey’s request, NATO Foreign Ministers decided on 4 December 2012 that NATO would ‘augment Turkey’s air … Continue reading →

Posted on March 6, 2013 by aaronstein1 | 2 Comments

New Year’s Prediction Revisited: Turkey’s Missile Defense Tender

Posted on January 28, 2013 by aaronstein1

In early January 2013, I  predicted that: Turkey will not be able to reach an agreement for the sale of long range air and missile defenses. US export control laws will continue to hinder progress on the sale of Patriot … Continue reading →

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NATO Missile Interceptors in Turkey: What is the PAC-3?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by aaronstein1

Now that the U.S. and Dutch Patriots are on their way to Turkey, I thought it was worth re-posting an article I co-authored with Shashank Joshi – a research fellow at the UK based Royal United Services Institute (follow him … Continue reading →

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2013 Predictions for Turkey’s Missile and Drone Programs

Posted on January 2, 2013 by aaronstein1

Apologies for my prolonged absence. I was in Los Angeles for the past two weeks, where I  was busily analyzing LA’s food truck scene and re-acquanting myself with my favorite Mexican restaurants. I have concluded that Istanbul needs to import … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Chances to Win Turkey’s Missile Defense Tender

Posted on December 11, 2012 by aaronstein1

Turkey, as readers of the blog are well aware, has tried to purchase missile defenses since 1997. Turkey’s initial provider of choice was Israel, but financial issues stemming from Turkey’s 2001 fiscal crisis prevented the sale. Turkey, as I have … Continue reading →

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Finding Syrian Road Mobile Missiles and Patriot Limitations

Posted on December 5, 2012 by aaronstein1

Despite having an incredible edge technologically, the United States military would likely have tremendous difficulties finding Syrian road mobile scuds. While the United States has invested significant resources in improving its abilities in this area, it is still believed that … Continue reading →

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