Turquía.- Turquía despliega un sistema Patriot en Malatya para reforzar junto a la OTAN la defensa de su espacio aéreo

Oct. 10, 2013 - Patriot Missile..North Atlantic Treaty Organization.Fact Sheet.PATRIOT Deployment.NATO has been augmenting Turkey's defence capabilities since January 2013..In response to Turkey's request, NATO Foreign Ministers decided on 4 December 2012 that NATO would augment Turkey's .air defence capabilities in order to defend the population and territory of Turkey against threats posed by missiles leer más from across .its border with Syria..Allies have committed five PATRIOT batteries to augment Turkey's air defences. Germany and the United States have .provided two batteries each since January 2013. Spain has provided one since January 2015. There are approximately 750 .NATO troops supporting the Patriot deployment. The Netherlands provided two batteries from January 2013 until January .2015..All PATRIOT batteries are under NATO command and plugged into NATO's air defence network. Command and control .procedures have been agreed by all 28 Allies. NATO‘s Supreme Allied Commander, General Breedlove, has operational .command responsibility for the Patriot deployment. He has delegated responsibility to Allied Air Command, Ramstein, which .is in charge of NATO's air Defence, and to NATO military commanders on the ground..The first battery became operational under NATO command on 26 January, 2013..PATRIOT Missiles Overview.The PATRIOT is a surface-to-air guided air and missile defence system currently in use world-wide including in several NATO .countries (Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States)..History.The first PATRIOT air defence systems were deployed by U.S. Forces in the mid-1980s. During the first Gulf War, it was used .to defend against the Iraqi Scud missile threat. The PATRIOT system has evolved over the years as the threat has changed .and technology has advanced. The current PATRIOT variants are equipped with advanced interceptor missiles and high .performance radar systems. PATRIOT stands for "Phased Array Tracking Radar leer menos

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