Turkey says NATO deploying second Patriot system to guard southern air base

Record ID: 2366416

  • Title: Turkey says NATO deploying second Patriot system to guard southern air base
  • Date: 18th March 2026
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 18, 2026) (ANI - No use India) (LEFT TO RIGHT) ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, GULF REGION, INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY, ASEEM MAHAJAN, INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON RANDHIR JAISWAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL, PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU, ANUPAMA BHATNAGAR, SPECIAL SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, RAJESH KUMAR SINHA, JOINT SECRETARY, FEDERAL OIL MINISTRY, SUJATA SHARM
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  • Keywords: IRAN ISRAEL MILITARY BASE PATRIOT TURKEY U.S. WAR
  • Location: INCIRLIK, ADANA, TURKEY
  • City: INCIRLIK, ADANA, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Middle East,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA002514118032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:NATO is deploying another U.S. Patriot missile defence system to the southern Turkish province of Adana, where personnel from the United States and other countries are located in the Incirlik Air Base, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday (March 18).
    Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and neighbours Iran, said last week the alliance had deployed a Patriot system to its southeastern Malatya province, near a NATO radar base, as part of steps to boost air defences against missile threats from the Iran war.
    Adana hosts Turkey's Incirlik Air Base, where personnel from the United States, Qatar, Spain, and Poland are located, as well as Turkish troops.
    "In order to ensure the security of our airspace and our citizens, in addition to the measures taken at the national level, another Patriot system, commissioned by Allied Air Command in Rammstein, Germany, is being deployed in Adana, in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed here, the ministry said at a weekly briefing.
    Turkey, an emerging leader in the global defence industry, lacks its own fully fledged air defences despite development efforts, and has relied on NATO air defences stationed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to intercept three missiles it says were fired from Iran since the war began.
    (Production: Ali Kucukgocmen)
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