Greece attacked Turkish aircraft from the S-300 air defense system, which is stationed on the island of Crete.
CNN Turk writes about it.
The target tracking and guidance radar of the S-300 system detected a surface-to-air missile on Turkish F-16 aircraft, which were performing a reconnaissance mission 3 kilometers west of the island of Rhodes. The Ministry of Defense of Turkey reports that the incident took place on August 23. Despite the attack, the Turkish planes completed their planned mission and returned to their bases unscathed.
- In 1997-1998, Greek authorities planned to deploy the Russian-made S-300 system in Cyprus, but after objections from Turkey, it was deployed on the Greek island of Crete in 1999. The S-300 air defense system consists of 4 systems and 8 launch pads. The range of its shot is approximately 128.7 kilometers.