NATO Patriot air defense missiles arrive in Turkey

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NATO Patriot air defense missiles arrive in Turkey
January 9, 2015

HATAY - Naval ships carrying patriot air defense missiles, as a result of Turkey's request for NATO assistance, arrived at Iskenderun Limak Port in the southern province of Hatay on Friday, officials have said.

Authorities began to unload the missiles from the military ships that came from Spain and which Turkey ordered to defend itself against potential attacks from the south.

The military batteries will be deployed at Incirlik 10th Tanker Base Command located in the southern province of Adana.

In September, Spain decided to send Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey to replace withdrawing units from the Netherlands as part of NATO assistance.

The U.S., Germany and the Netherlands each sent two Patriot batteries in 2012 to bolster Turkish air defense in response to a request from Ankara for NATO assistance.

The U.S. and German contingents will remain in Turkey.

 

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NATO - News: Spain joins Patriot missile defence mission in Turkey, 26-Jan.-2015

• 26 Jan. 2015
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Spanish troops joined NATO’s Patriot anti-ballistic missile deployment in Adana, Turkey on Monday (26 January 2015), replacing a Dutch unit which had been stationed there since January 2013.

For the past two years, NATO’s Patriot deployment on Turkey’s south-eastern border has reinforced Turkey’s air defences against the threat posed by Syria’s ballistic missiles. NATO Foreign Ministers approved the mission in December 2012, after a request from Turkey. At that time, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States each deployed two Patriot missile batteries and soldiers to operate them.

The Spanish unit is now operational and protecting the south-eastern city of Adana. The German and American batteries, which are stationed in Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep respectively, also remain in place. NATO continues to follow the ongoing crisis in Syria with grave concern. Over the past two years, NATO has detected hundreds of Syrian short-range missile launches. The Alliance remains fully committed to the defence of Turkey.