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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsnato to activate turkey missile defenses
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_NATO_TURKEY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-23-10-29-13BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO says its Patriot anti-missile defenses along Syria's border with Turkey will become operational this week.
British Brig. Gen. Gary Deakin said Patriot batteries sent by the United States, Germany and the Netherlands have reached Turkey and are currently being deployed in the south of the country.
"We expect to have an initial operating capability this weekend," Deakin said.
Alliance member Turkey asked NATO in November to urgently deploy the U.S.-made missiles to bolster its defenses to prevent a spillover of Syria's civil war. Syria is believed to have several hundred ballistic surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying chemical warheads.
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nato to activate turkey missile defenses (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
NATO has missles to blast turkeys? Sorry, your title made me think of an old TV show
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
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Orrex
(63,172 posts)1. That'll make Thanksgiving dinner more of a challenge next year.
Oh, wait a minute.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)4. Yes, the lack of capital letters in the title
certainly does make one think of such things...
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)2. NATO has missles to blast turkeys? Sorry, your title made me think of an old TV show
"WKRP" where they threw live turkeys out of a plane, thinking they could fly.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. as god is my witness - i thought turkeys could fly...nt