The North Atlantic Alliance is exploring the possibility of deploying an additional battery of Patriot air defense systems to Türkiye to bolster air defenses at the Incirlik military base, where several hundred American troops are stationed, amid the escalation in the Middle East, APA reports citing Bloomberg.
According to him, NATO is considering sending a Patriot PAC-3 battery to Türkiye. Currently, the airbase permanently houses a Spanish PAC-2 battery, a previous modification of which is capable of intercepting aircraft and some cruise missiles, but is not designed to intercept ballistic missiles, the agency claims.