Middle East
Iran Tests NATO’s Boundaries With Missiles Fired at Turkey
A radar system in the mountains of eastern Turkey is vital to Europe’s defenses as an early warning for missile launches.
Photographer: Amjad Kurdo/AFP/Getty Images
About 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) from Tehran, high in the Turkish mountains, lies NATO’s frontline of defense against a Middle East at war.
The US AN/TPY-2 radar at Kurecik in Eastern Anatolia is one of the closest early-warning systems to Iran and used to track missiles across the region. Kurecik was probably the main destination of at least one of three Iranian projectiles intercepted by NATO over the past two weeks, according to people familiar with the Turkish government’s thinking.