Iranian missiles might be testing Nato air defences in Turkey to target crucial radar base

Iranian missiles might be testing Nato air defences in Turkey to target crucial radar base Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 11:21 Nato deploys advanced model of Patriots to guard Kurecik radar base after ballistic missiles downed entering Turkish airspace An US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile is launched during a live fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Taiwan on 20 August 2024 (Sam Yeh/AFP) Off Iranian missiles may have been testing Turkish airspace over the past week to target a crucial Nato radar base in Malatya, Middle East Eye understands. An Iranian ballistic missile that was heading toward Turkish airspace last week was intercepted by Nato air defence systems near the southern city of Hatay, flying nearly 100 km east of Turkey’s Incirlik air base, which previously hosted US military troops. A second Iranian missile heading toward Turkey on Tuesday was also shot down by Nato systems via US destroyers, which used the RIM-161 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3).