NATO Installs BMD Radar In Turkey

  • Middle East Newsline
  • January 18, 2012
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has reported the installation of an advanced
U.S.-origin radar for NATO's ballistic missile defense shield.
Officials said NATO oversaw the installation of the AN/TPY-2 X-band
radar at a military facility in the Turkish province of Malatya, about 620
kilometers southeast of Ankara. They said the radar was being operated by
both U.S. and Turkish military personnel.
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