Around 100 Turkish military to start 5-month training to operate S-400 in 2019

The air defense system will be equipped with a domestically manufactured NATO-compatible friend-or-foe interrogator

October 25, 2018

Around 100 Turkish military servicemen will undergo instruction in the operation and maintenance the S-400 systems at a training center in Russia in the autumn of 2019, a military-diplomatic source informed TASS on Thursday.

“It is planned that around 100 Turkish military servicemen will arrive at the Russian Defense Ministry’s training center in Gatchina, near St. Petersburg, in September or October 2019, where they will undergo training for five months in the operation and maintenance of the S-400 systems, which will be delivered to Turkey almost simultaneously with the beginning of their training course,” he said.

The air defense system will be equipped with a Russian-manufactured NATO-compatible friend-or-foe interrogator, which will guarantee their operation within NATO’s air defenses,the source said.

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