3. ARMY / NATO / Turkey / Kürecik

38°20'58"N 37°47'41"E Kürecik NATO Allied AIr Command http://ac.nato.int/missions/bmd
Nato agreed to a Ballistic Missile Defence system over Europe to protect against ballistic missiles. A compromise not to pinpoint Iran was reached with Turkey, which had threatened to block the deal if its neighbour was named as a threat.

Under US plans, a system of US SM-3 missile interceptors and radars – to include interceptors in Romania and Poland as well as the radar in Turkey – would be linked to expanded European-based missile defences creating a broad system protecting Western Europe against med-range missile attacks.

Turkey agreed to host the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar and later on the phased array AN/SPY-1D combined E- F-, S- and X-band radar in the framework of NATO missile defence architecture. The site is located at the installation in Kürecik which has been used in the past for similar purposes.

NATO BMD build-up:
- Turkey hosts a NATO BMD radar at Kürecik;
- Romania hosts a Aegis Ashore site at Deveselu airbase
- Germany hosts the command centre at Ramstein airbase;
- Poland hosts another Aegis Ashore site at Redzikowo army base;
- Additionally, other NATO countries supply multi-mission BMD-capable Aegis ships

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