Tag: Patriot Missile
Turkey requests US missile-defense batteries on southern border to deter Syrian troops
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...
US deploys Patriot battery, extra warship to Persian Gulf
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...
IDF downs Syrian jet with Patriot missiles
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,...