Turkey Tests Missile Defense System to Blunt IS Attacks

Turkey is in the final stages of a developing a new missile defense system to prevent rocket attacks on its cities by the Islamic State, Turkey's defense minister says. The system has been in the development process for the last 18 months and will be in the test phase this week before being deployed to stop IS Katyusha rockets, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said. “It has not been easy for us to intervene IS’s short-range Katyushas,” said Isik in an interview with CNN Turk,...

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