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Defense News: US Begins Removing Patriot Missiles from Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — The United States has started pulling its Patriot missiles stationed on Turkish soil, Turkish officials said.
"We do not think this is the best time to withdraw these batteries," said one senior Turkish diplomat. "This is a delicate time for our border with Syria."
On Oct. 3 and 4, Russian warplanes twice violated Turkish airspace during Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria aimed at bolstering the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Then on Oct. 7, the Turkish military said that Syria-based missile systems harassed Turkey's warplanes while eight F-16 jets were on patrol along the Syria border. Turkey also said an unidentified MiG-29 harassed its jets Oct. 6, prompting the Foreign Ministry to summon the Russian ambassador three times in protest.
Update #1: US withdraws air defense missiles from Turkey’s Kurdish southeast -- Rudaw
Update #2: US Pulling Patriot Missiles Stationed in Turkey -- Sputnik
WNU editor: Both Germany and the U.S. did not hesitate to withdraw their Patriot missile batteries when their agreement with Turkey was over. Talk about bad timing in view of how tense the entire region is (besides sending the wrong message) .... which in turn tells me that there is more to this story than what they are telling us.
6 comments:
Does this mean that turkey by been permanent member of NATO forces doesn't have patriot battery's .didn't know that. What other reliable ground to air missile options they have.?
It's for show. They'll never leave. There would have to be a complete collapse in the centre.
Obama knows they can't do it on the up and up. So it's economic squeeze, mujahedeen and everything in between until this gets made "right".
Patriots out with one hand. Switchblades in with the other.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/10/there-are-us-special-forces-in-south-syria.html
Did the Turks will buy Chinese HQ-9, now?
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