Israel Ally Azerbaijan Holds Air-Defense Drills After Iran Tests

  • Iranian Navy conducted exercises in the Caspian Sea this week
  • Air defense systems including long-range S-300 were activated

An S-300 air defense system in Azerbaijan. 

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Azerbaijan’s army held air-defense drills just days after its southern neighbor Iran conducted naval tests near their shared border.

Air defense systems including long-range S-300 were activated to practice defending important facilities against missile attacks from a “conditional enemy,” the Defense Ministry in Baku said Saturday on its website.