Posted on 08/16/2015 4:18:46 PM PDT by Nachum
Turkey and the United States said Sunday that Washington would withdraw its Patriot missile batteries from the country in October, after bolstering Ankara's air defenses against threats from Syria's civil war.
The NATO mandate for the mission will run out in October and will not be renewed, but the United States is prepared to return Patriot assets and personnel to Turkey within one week if needed, a joint Turkish-U.S. statement quoted by AFP said.
"They will be redeployed to the U.S. for critical modernization upgrades that will ensure the U.S. missile defense force remains capable of countering evolving global threats and protecting Allies and partners, including Turkey," the statement said.
It also emphasized that Washington remains "committed to supporting Turkey's air defense capabilities, including against ballistic missile risks and threats... and its security and regional stability."
A U.S. defense official stressed that the move was for the purpose of force modernization.
"It does not reflect a decision by the NATO Alliance to reduce support for Turkey's air defense," the official told AFP.
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PAC-3 is an awesome system ...
Turkey should not be in NATO.
Turkey has its own agenda that isn’t compatible with the West or civilization in general.
Turkey is LOST!
What's the old saying? Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
I usually just put an apple and some stuffing in mine...
Muslim nations have no place in a civilized society.
It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Thanks Nachum.
We should be pointing missiles at Turkey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/houthi-rebels-fire-scud-missile-from-yemen-into-saudi-arabia/2015/06/06/00e39c44-0c89-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html
I mean, yes, I realize Yemen and Saudi Arabia are a fair ways from Turkey. But using SRBMs is becoming more commonplace. I don't even remember there being much made of Saudi shooting down the Scuds. That was big news in the first gulf war. Now, not so much.
Give the missiles to the Kurds and let them blast Turkey.
Just wish it had a decent (x-band) radar
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