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Interesting reversal of the situation back in 2000 when Greece bought 2 batteries of SA20 (S300PMU1) and threatened to put them on Cyprus. Turkey claimed that not only were they a threat to their aircraft, but that the missiles could also be used against Turkish land targets!
After a lot of negotiation, the missiles ended up on Crete instead.
Too true, but the political dynamics between NATO and Russia are very different now than they were in 2000. That's not to say that there aren't regional parallels between the two events, but the implications for the Alliance are much greater now than then. Article 13 on the way perhaps (though I very much doubt it)?
"What matters for NATO is that the equipment allies acquire is able to operate together... No NATO ally currently operates the S-400," a NATO official told dpa.
http://www.news.com.au/world/breakin...b8e9964b1d2434