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Members of the 74th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference view a Patriot missile air-defense battery on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on Nov. 9, 2007. Credit: U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey requests US missile-defense batteries on southern border to deter Syrian troops

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Turkey has requested that the United States to send two Patriot missile-defense batteries on its southern border to deter any future attacks by Syrian troops, reported Bloomberg on Thursday, citing a senior Turkish official. The request was made...
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier 'USS Abraham Lincoln' (CVN-72) underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a strait transit exercise on Jan. 30, 2019. Credit: US Navy.

US deploys Patriot battery, extra warship to Persian Gulf

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The U.S. Defense Department has announced that the deployment of a Patriot missile battery and an additional warship to the Persian Gulf as tensions between Iran and America ramp up over Pentagon allegations that...
A smoke trail of a Patriot missile intercepted a drone approaching Israel from Syria in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat on July 11, 2018. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

IDF downs Syrian jet with Patriot missiles

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The Israel Defense Forces launched two Patriot missiles on Tuesday afternoon, downing a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22/24 Russian-made fighter jet that had infiltrated about one mile into Israeli airspace. According to the IDF spokesman,...