As Turkey pushes ahead with its ambitious Steel Dome national integrated air defense system, it is looking westward to its traditional NATO partners for strategic systems. Ankara is presently considering acquiring the American MIM-104 Patriot or the Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Whichever it ultimately decides on, these developments are yet another reminder that the Russian S-400 missile systems Turkey acquired seven years ago this month still have no present nor future role in the country’s evolving air defense architecture. Ahead of the NATO summit Turkey is hosting on Tuesday and Wednesday, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler declared that Ankara was exploring “all…