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Dorian Jones

Turkey pushes for European missile defence deal amid Iran tensions

A medium-range air and missile defence SAMP/T, seen at the International Paris Air Show, 19 June, 2023. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

Following several Iranian missile strikes targeting Turkey, Ankara is accelerating its efforts to create its own missile defence system dubbed the “steel dome”. According to reports, it is in talks to procure Europe's latest anti-missile system. But Ankara’s aspirations are unnerving Israel – as well as its neighbours, Greece and Cyprus.

Air raid warnings during an Iranian missile strike on the Turkish city of Adana, home to a Nato airbase, served as a stark reminder of Turkey's vulnerability to such attacks.

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