June 22, 2001 in Israel-Turkey Strategic Cooperation Printer friendly version   E-Mail this article   Subscribe to the Article Digest

Military sources said the Arrow has been launched during the current Anatolian Eagle exercise, which is scheduled to conclude June 29, 2001. The exercise is the first by the air forces of all three countries and is being held in the Konya desert in central Turkey.

The scenarios being carried out during the exercise includes missile attacks from Turkey's neighbors such as Iran, Iraq and Syria.

"You can say that this is turning out to be beyond our expectations," a Turkish defense official said.

Israel, Turkey and the United States have agreed on trilateral cooperation in missile defense. Officials said the cooperation would begin with the development of early-warning systems for Turkey and later graduate to active missile defense.

Military sources said Israel and Turkey are discussing the launch of missile defense cooperation. They said this includes Israeli help for the establishment of a network of radars and Arrow missiles.

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