November 27th, 2012
02:38 AM ET

Turkey, NATO to scout locations for missile protection from Syria

A NATO reconnaissance team is expected to survey the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday to prepare for the possible deployment of Patriot anti-aircraft missile batteries along the frontier.

Turkey has turned against its former ally, asking its fellow NATO members last week for Patriot missiles to bolster its air defenses because of several Turkish deaths blamed on Syrian forces.

A delegation of Turkish and NATO officials is scheduled to begin a site survey Tuesday to determine where to deploy the batteries, the Turkish military said Monday.

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  1. mafranpe

    Reblogged this on World View.

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    Reblogged this on World Chaos.

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    • 200 TON HAMMER

      They probably add 25 missile batteries of pac 3 and Arrows missiles defense systems in a location of opposite force shooting icbm at European countries and YISREAL

      November 27, 2012 at 6:59 pm | Reply

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