Iranian missile launched toward Turkey shot down by NATO defenses — first time in organization’s history

OAN Staff Sophia Flores

Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense announced that a ballistic missile launched from Iran, after passing through Iraqi and Syrian airspace, was intercepted and neutralized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) air and missile defense assets in the eastern Mediterranean as it headed toward Turkish airspace.

Debris from the interceptor, though not the missile itself, fell in Turkey’s Hatay province — with no casualties or major damage reported.

The incident is a major milestone in the current regional conflict as it represents the first time NATO’s integrated missile defense has actively protected a member state’s sovereign territory from a direct Iranian threat.

A missile launched from Iran, passing through the airspace of Iraq and Syria, and heading toward Turkish airspace via the Hatay, was destroyed by NATO air defence systems. A fragment of an interceptor missile fell into an open area in Dörtyol district of Hatay, and no casualties…

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