NATO Downs New Iranian Missile in Escalating Turkey Threat
US soldiers work on a Patriot missile system at a military base in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Photographer: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty ImagesThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization intercepted an Iranian missile over Turkey on Monday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement, eliminating a fourth such threat against the country in less than a month.
“A ballistic munition, determined to have been launched from Iran and to have entered into Turkish airspace, has been neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean,” the ministry said, without disclosing the location of the incident.