Anti-missile efforts
In the framework of
the anti-ISIS coalition, the US and its allies are deploying Patriot Air and
Missile Defense units in the Middle East. Logistically and operationally, they
are stretched to the limit.
As
a missile defense equipped member of NATO, Spain has sent one of its Patriot
batteries to Turkey to relieve its NATO partner. The Spanish force will
join the two U.S. and two German Patriots Batteries that have been in the
region since 2013 to defend and deter ballistic missile threats from
Syria. The Spanish are replacing a Dutch Patriot unit, which is scheduled to
return to the Netherlands to undergo modifications at the end of
January. This rotation allows for NATO countries to share the burden and
cost of the joint mission, saving any one single NATO country from being fully
responsible.
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