Iz tog razloga, Turska se usprotivila proglašenju Irana i Sirije za posebne prijetnje Alijansi tokom pregovora sa svojim saveznicima iz NATO-a 2010. godine, iz zabrinutosti da bi to u stvari moglo navesti i Iran i Siriju da ubrzaju svoje raketne programe.
For this reason, Turkey objected to the naming of Iran and Syria as specific threats to the Alliance during negotiations with its NATO Allies in 2010, out of concern it would actually spur both Iran and Syria to speed up their missile programmes.