NATO missile defense shield in Turkey may threat to Iran - Russia

[Lankan Ranger]

NATO missile defense shield in Turkey may threat to Iran - Russia

Possible deployment of the elements of NATO missile defense shield in Turkey is targeted against Iran and may pose a threat to Russia's security, Russian experts said on Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday Turkish media said Ankara would agree to deploy a missile-defense system on its territory if its three conditions were accepted.

First, the Turkish authorities insist on building NATO, but not the U.S. missile defense system. Second, the anti-missile shield should be deployed in the all alliance's states-members.

And third, Turkey would not allow NATO to turn it into the alliance's frontline state as it was during the Cold War.

"Turkey wants to be equally respected both in the West and in the East...Turkey wants to entrench itself as a key empire of the entire continent," Sergei Demidenko of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis said.

"Geographically Turkey is the closest to Iran, while politically it is one of Iran's enemies," another Russian leading political expert, the head of the Institute of Political Studies, Sergei Markov said. "It is Iran's enemy because Turkey is the ally of the United States...but first of all they both [Turkey and Iran] compete for the leadership in the Islamic world."

The President of the Academy on Geopolitical Affairs, Leonid Ivashov said the ongoing deployment of the anti-missile defense shield in Europe is aimed to "neutralize Russia's nuclear missile potential."

"We do not have other powers, except of the nuclear missile potential, to protect even the single parts of our territories," Ivashov said.

Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, while commenting on Turkey's plans to deploy anti-missile shield said that NATO should exclude any formula that confronts Turkey with a group of countries in its threat definitions and planning.

"We do not want a Cold War zone or psychology around us," Davutoglu added.

Turkey's decision over missile defense system on its soil will be announced at the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon due to be held on November 18-19.

NATO missile defense shield in Turkey may threat Iran, Russia - experts | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[Saithan]

It's amazing how other countries can interpret Turkeys decisions.

Once again they neglect or fail to recollect the criterias for the acceptance of the missile shield correctly.

 

[r3alist]

its not really aimed at iran, its the ruskies who are worried.

 

[unicorn]

ANKARA, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Ankara has not made a decision on the deployment of NATO missile defense shields on its soil yet, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

Erdogan discussed the NATO issue with U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting of G20 leaders in Seoul. Erdogan said Turkey was "sensitive" over the deployment of a missile defense shield on its territory.

Last week Turkish media said Ankara would agree to deploy a missile-defense system if three conditions were accepted.

First, the Turkish authorities insist on building a NATO, but not a U.S. missile defense system. Second, the anti-missile shield should be deployed in all the alliance's member states. And third, Turkey would not allow NATO to turn it into the alliance's frontline state as it was during the Cold War.

Erdogan said the system "should cover the entire Turkish territory, not just a separate part of the country."

Turkey is also interested in the technical aspects of the problem as to who will manage the Turkish elements of the NATO missile defense system.

"I saw that they [the United States] are positive about our demands," Erdogan said.

Turkey's final decision over the missile defense system on its soil will be announced at the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon due to be held on November 18-19.

Meanwhile, some experts said that a missile defense shield in Turkey may be targeted against Iran and pose a threat to Russia's security.

 

[Saithan]

hm... If the missile shield should pose a threat to Russia's security, why didn't they propose to make the missile shield.