{"id":30249,"date":"2012-12-14T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T13:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=30249"},"modified":"2012-12-14T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T13:06:59","slug":"nato-turkeyus-patriot-missiles-and-troops-come-over-for-protect-turkey-turkey-news-30249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/nato-turkeyus-patriot-missiles-and-troops-come-over-for-protect-turkey-turkey-news-30249\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO &#8211; Turkey:US Patriot Missiles And Troops come over for protect Turkey \/ Turkey News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PatriotMissileBatteries210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30268\" title=\"MIDEAST ISRAEL US\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PatriotMissileBatteries210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PatriotMissileBatteries210.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PatriotMissileBatteries210-280x162.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>The US is deploying two Patriot missile units along with 400 troops to Turkey as part of a Nato force to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian attack.<\/h1>\n<p>US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order on Friday on his way to Turkey from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The order calls for the American soldiers to operate two batteries of Patriots at undisclosed locations in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The move is part of a wider Nato effort to bolster Ankara&#8217;s air defences amid growing tension on the Turkish-Syrian border.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and the Netherlands are also sending Patriots, which are designed to knock out cruise and ballistic missiles as well as aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is a founding member of Nato and requested the help from the alliance after siding with opposition forces battling President Bashar al Assad&#8217;s regime.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish government has vowed to defend its territory after cross-border artillery fire wounded civilians and one of its fighter jets was\u00a0 downed.<\/p>\n<p>US and European leaders have warned the Assad regime not to use its arsenal of chemical arms, calling it a &#8220;red line&#8221; that would trigger international military action.<\/p>\n<p>During a brief stop at Incirlik Air Base Mr Panetta told US troops that Turkey might need the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had approved the deployment &#8220;so that we can help Turkey have the kind of missile defence it may very well need to deal with the threats coming out of Syria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Panetta did not reveal how soon the two Patriot batteries will head to Turkey or how long they will stay.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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