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Ankara says NATO deploys new Patriot battery at south Turkey air base
 Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, March 18 (AFP) Mar 18, 2026
 Turkey's defence ministry said Wednesday NATO was deploying a new Patriot missile battery at Incirlik air base, just days after a third ballistic missile from Iran was shot down.

"Another Patriot system... is being deployed... in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed there," a ministry official told reporters at the Turkish air base, which is just outside the southern city of Adana.

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