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Old 11th March 2026 | 12:54
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ORAC
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Point of Pedantry: I assume ORAC meant AEGIS BMD rather than the base AEGIS combat system.
Indeed, specifically the Arleigh-Burke AEGIS BMD destroyers currently deployed in the eastern Mediterranean and which, I suspect, were responsible for the engagement of the two Iranian MRBM aimed at Incirlik.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL33745

https://news.usni.org/2026/03/04/nato-shoots-down-iranian-missile-headed-for-turkey

..NATO assets shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed for Turkey, alliance officials said Wednesday.

“A ballistic munition detected to have been launched from Iran and, after passing through the airspace of Iraq and Syria, directed towards Turkish airspace, was timely engaged and neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean,” reads an English-language statement from the Turkish Defense Ministry…..
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