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Ankara Agrees To Work With Italy, France On Missile Defense

July 19 2017

Turkey

Turkey is going to work with two other NATO members on its national missile defense system.

Turkey, France and Italy have signed an agreement, reports the state-run Anadolu Agency.

Defense Minister Fikri Isik announced the agreement on July 14 in Ankara. Turkish firms Aselsan and Roketsan will work with the French-Italian Eurosam consortium on the project, he said, according to defense-aerospace.com.

Full-scale development is expected to begin in 2019. The Turkish...

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