Italy will deploy a SAMP/T air defense system to Turkey's 3rd Main Jet Air Base Command in Konya to boost Turkey's air defenses over the next six months, Turkey's defense ministry said in a June 17 statement. This will be the first deployment of such a system in Turkey, and it will follow the deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey during the Iran war.
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