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Turkey to Buy AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Air Missiles
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Dec. 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Turkey for Sidewinder missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $140 million. The Government of Turkey has requested a possible sale of 117 AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II All-Up-Round Missiles, [...]
Russia sends landing ships to Syria: report
A Russian warship carrying a marines unit has left its Black Sea port for Syria amid preparations for a possible evacuation of nationals living and working in the strife-torn country, news reports said Sunday. The Novocherkassk landing ship is the third such craft despatched since Friday to the Tartus port that Russia leases from its [...]
Russia sends warships to Mediterranean
Russia is sending a new flotilla of warships to the Mediterranean, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, amid the escalating situation in Syria. The frigate Yaroslavl Mudry, the landing ships Kaliningrad and Alexander Shabalin as well as two other vessels have left their home port of Baltiysk on the Baltic and are heading for the [...]
NATO chief denounces Iran’s allegations on Patriots
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday denounced claims by the head of Iran’s armed forces that the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey was part of a plot to start world war. “I completely denounce these allegations,” Rasmussen said in response to a question at a news conference. “We have made it clear right [...]
Russia backs Syria as US, Germany send Patriots
Russia insisted on Friday its stand on the conflict in key ally Syria was unchanged, while Washington and Berlin prepared to deploy Patriot missiles and troops near Turkey’s border with the country. A foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow said Russia’s controversial support for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was unchanged and that remarks by Deputy Foreign [...]
Missiles on Syria border prelude to intervention: report
NATO’s deployment of Patriot missiles on Turkey’s restive border with Syria is a prelude to military intervention in the country to help “terrorist groups,” a pro-regime newspaper reported on Tuesday. The pro-regime Al-Watan newspaper said that the deployment of missiles was also aimed at sabotaging international peace envoy Lakdhar Brahimi’s diplomatic efforts at resolving the [...]
Dutch to send Patriot missiles to Turkey-Syria border
The Dutch cabinet on Friday gave the go-ahead to sending NATO Patriot missiles to Turkey to defend its border against Syria, along with a maximum 360 soldiers to operate them. “The cabinet has decided shortly to send two Dutch Patriot batteries to contribute to the protection of our NATO ally Turkey,” a government statement said. [...]
NATO Approves Turkey’s Request for Patriot Missiles
NATO foreign ministers have agreed to Turkey’s request for Patriot anti-missile batteries to defend the country against possible airstrikes from neighboring Syria. The decision came during the first of two days of meetings at alliance headquarters in Brussels, with ministers saying the goal is to “defend the population and territory of Turkey and contribute to [...]
Deploying Patriots in Turkey to take some weeks: US
Even if NATO foreign ministers approve Turkey’s request to deploy Patriot missiles on the border with Syria as expected, it will still take some weeks to get them in place, a top US official said Monday. The United States was “hopeful that NATO will be in a position to respond positively and agree to help [...]
