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Article 5 Looming: NATO Shoots Down Iranian Ballistic Missile Fired At Turkey
Article 5 Looming: NATO Shoots Down Iranian Ballistic Missile Fired At Turkey
There's looming fear that Trump's Operation Epic Fury is fast spinning into a broader regional war, even a possible WW3 scenario - though large powers like Russia and China are expected to remain on the sidelines.
Illustrating this potential, on Wednesday a ballistic missile launched from Iran and tracked across Iraqi and Syrian airspace before heading toward Turkish territory was shot down by NATO air defenses, according to Turkey's Defense Ministry.
Open source file image: Launcher for Iranian Zolfaghar ballistic missiles
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