Sirens went off on Friday morning at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base near the city of Adana. It is an important NATO facility that US troops have been using for decades. The incident occurred during the ongoing war in Iran, which fired two missiles at Turkey in the past week. NATO air defense systems intercepted both of these missiles, TASR writes, according to an AFP report.
- Sirens at the Incirlik base near Adana sounded a high-pitched alarm on Friday.
- In the ongoing war, Iran fired two missiles at Turkey in a week.
- NATO shot down two Iranian ballistic missiles entering Turkish airspace.
- Residents of Adana heard sirens at 3:25 local time for approximately five minutes.
- Turkey is strengthening its defenses by deploying the Patriot system and using the Kürecik radar base.
Authorities have not yet commented on the incident, which came four days after NATO defenses in the eastern Mediterranean shot down a ballistic missile fired from Iran.which entered Turkish airspace. A similar missile was also intercepted by the Alliance’s air defense in the middle of last week.
The inhabitants of the city of Adana, which lies ten kilometers from the mentioned base, they recorded the sounds of sirens at 3:25 a.m. (1:25 a.m. CET). They sounded for about five minutes. Several people posted footage on social media in which a glowing object is seen flying across the sky, which they say suggests it could be a missile headed for the air base.
The sirens of fire trucks and security forces rang out throughout the city. Iran has been carrying out retaliatory strikes against the Jewish state and Gulf countries since the start of the war, which broke out on February 28 following an attack by the United States and Israel.
Turkey for the past week intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles flying toward its territory, both incidents resulting in no injuries. Ankara is strengthening its defenses against further possible missile attacks by Iran. One such measure is the deployment of the American Patriot air defense system in the eastern half of Turkey. where the base of the North Atlantic Alliance is located.
This Kürecik base in Malatya province houses an important NATO radar station, which provides key data for the Alliance and helped intercept the mentioned missiles flying towards Turkey in the past week.
