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The United States will withdraw its Patriot missile battery deployed in Turkey this October for “critical modernization upgrades,” a joint Turkish-U.S. statement said.
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The third generation Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system will enter service next year. Testing of the system is about to be completed and will be made operational end of the year.
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Germany will pull its Patriot missile battery stationed in Turkey back home when the mandate ends on Jan. 31, 2016.
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Israel has asked the United States to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to Juniper Cobra 2016 air defense exercise.
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The V.V. Tikhomirova Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design has announced plans for a new version of the Buk air defense missile system.
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