Iran, Turkey and NATO
Digest more
Hosted on MSN
Sky warfare rewritten: Turkey’s Kızılelma drone locks, launches, and “destroys” F-16 in historic test
In a stunning demonstration of military technology, Turkey’s Baykar defense company has achieved a global first. Its advanced Bayraktar Kızılelma drone successfully shot down a fighter jet using an air-to-air missile in a controlled test. This ...
Ankara said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran that was heading toward Turkish airspace, as Turkish officials called for restraint amid rising regional tensions.
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, March 4 (Reuters) - Turkey said that NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the Middle East conflict and raising the possibility of a major expansion involving its bloc allies.
Turkey shot down a drone that violated its airspace and discovered two more crashed drones over five days, marking an escalation in incidents linked to the spillover of Russia's war in Ukraine into the Black Sea region. Turkish F-16 fighter jets ...
European powers have taken steps to ramp up military deployments to the ethnically-split island since a drone hit Britain's Akrotiri air base in Cyprus last week.
Turkey is weighing the deployment of F-16 fighter jets to Northern Cyprus after a drone strike hit a British base on the island, raising security concerns amid escalating regional tensions involving Iran and Hezbollah.
Turkey is considering the possibility of sending F-16 fighter jets to Northern Cyprus as a security measure, a Turkish defense ministry source says, days after the island was targeted by a drone attack.
Two unprecedented developments took place in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran on Wednesday, as fighting entered its fifth day. First, Israel said its forces had shot down an Iranian plane over Iranian territory, in the first-ever direct combat between the two nations.