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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Turkey mulls participation in missile defense system

Aster 30Turkey is yet to make a final decision regarding a Washington proposal that it participate in a collective missile defense system designed to counter potential threats from Iran.

"For our decision, we need to see a united NATO position on the missile defense matter, and it is not there at this point," a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said recently.

"There have been discussions with several members of NATO to include Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, in terms of parts of this phased-adaptive approach missile defense architecture, and whether countries would support installations and capabilities for this overall architecture," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during talks held in Turkey on Sept. 4.

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