In the war that started with the attacks of the USA and Israel against Iran, there was a critical development that concerns Türkiye. After the Ministry of National Defense announced that the Patriot air defense system was deployed in Malatya to support the protection of Türkiye’s airspace, all eyes once again turned to the origin and possible risks of the two ballistic missiles that fell into Turkish airspace. According to the information coming from the backstage, the target of the two ballistic missiles detected to be fired from Iran was Incirlik Air Base in Adana. The missiles in question were detected by NATO’s early warning system and the US missile defense architecture before they reached Türkiye’s airspace, and were destroyed outside the atmosphere by intervention.
KÜRECİK DETECTED
It is estimated that the missiles were fired from a region close to the southern shores of the Caspian Sea and from a point approximately 200 kilometers from Tehran. It was brought to the agenda that the NATO early warning radar located in Malatya Kürecik detected the targets in a short time. It is also reported that the data obtained by the radar was transmitted to NATO command centers within seconds, the US Navy’s Aegis missile defense system-equipped destroyers operating in the Eastern Mediterranean were alerted, and the intercepted missiles were intercepted in a short time.
NATO’S CRITICAL BASE
Tanker aircraft, early warning platforms and various logistics elements belonging to the US Air Force are stationed at the Incirlik base in Adana. Experts point out that the systems used by Iran are in the medium-range ballistic missile class. While the range of missile systems such as Shahab-3, Ghadr or Emad in Iran’s inventory varies between 1,300 and 2,000 kilometers, the systems carry warheads of approximately 750 to 1,000 kilograms..
IS IT AN IRANIAN LIE?
Although the Tehran administration claims that the missile firings shot down in Turkish airspace may have been carried out by “independent groups”, experts see this possibility as weak. Particular attention is drawn to the fact that a very complex command and control infrastructure is required to fire ballistic missile systems. It is also emphasized that the preparation, fueling and firing of a ballistic missile is a process that requires high coordination and usually takes 30 to 90 minutes.
S-400 CANNOT BE INTEGRATED
Following the latest developments, the S-400 systems that Türkiye purchased from Russia have become a matter of discussion again. Türkiye purchased two battery S-400 air defense systems from Russia in 2019. Each battery consists of approximately 8 launch pads and multiple radar systems. S-400 systems can theoretically hit air targets at a range of 400 kilometers. However, since the system is not integrated into NATO’s early warning network, it is not used as part of the alliance’s missile defense architecture. Because It is stated that the Patriot, Aegis and SM-3 systems within the NATO network are more effective when it comes to ballistic missile defense.. Patriot PAC-3 systems can hit ballistic targets up to an altitude of approximately 35 kilometers and provide defense at the terminal stage.
IT IS INSTANTLY DETECTED
Retired Air Brigadier General-Strasam Director Dr. While Hüseyin Çok stated that the missiles shot down in Turkish airspace and found to be of Iranian origin were detected by the Kürecik Radar, he said: “The feature of the radar is to detect ballistic missiles that are launched into space, travel in space for a while, and direct from space to their target on earth, rather than warplanes. The radar detects a ballistic missile that will be launched from Iran towards Europe the moment its radar is fired.” The system calculates the route, speed and location of the launched missile within milliseconds and transfers this data to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and from there to the interceptor missiles integrated into the NATO air defense system in the Mediterranean. SM-3 interceptors fire instantly, destroying the enemy missile at the edge of space.
ARROWS SHOW INCIRLIK
“If a ballistic missile fired from Iran is shot down by an SM-3 right over Gaziantep, that is, at the space border, it means that the route of this missile is moving from east to west or southwest. In such a scenario, from a military and geographical perspective, The most likely target on the table is Incirlik Air Base. However, this does not mean that the target is Gaziantep; “Gaziantep is just a transit point where these two space bullets collide at a speed of thousands of meters per second.”
FAKE FLAG STRIKE
Commenting on the subject, Prof. Dr. While Hasan Ünal drew attention to the possibility of provocation to draw Türkiye into a wide-ranging war against Iran, he brought the following findings to the public agenda: “It is unreasonable to think that the missiles, the parts of which fell on Türkiye, were fired by Iran and aimed at our country. It is very likely that these are provocative and it is clear that they are done to draw Türkiye into a wide-ranging war against Iran. The one who made it is clear as honey for the eyes that want to see.”
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