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While S-400s are great systems, their importance to Turkish air defense is overblown.
It has always been obvious from the very beginning that Turkey just cares about the technology, and really has no intention to seriously use the S-400 in any meaningful capacity. The only two reasons why they haven't handed over the system to Ukraine are a) they still probably need to continue studying the system. B) politics.
Keep in mind, they only got the s-400 because the Chinese and Americans refused a ToT (also, China had originally won the competition).
It has always been obvious from the very beginning that Turkey just cares about the technology, and really has no intention to seriously use the S-400 in any meaningful capacity. The only two reasons why they haven't handed over the system to Ukraine are a) they still probably need to continue studying the system. B) politics.
Keep in mind, they only got the s-400 because the Chinese and Americans refused a ToT (also, China had originally won the competition).