NATO radar to be deployed in south-east Turkey

A NATO anti-missile radar in Turkey, approved in September, will be set up at the Malatya Province in south-east, RIA Novosti reports.

Ankara, Washington and Brussels (NATO Headquarters) have reached an agreement on the location for the radar's installation.

Malatya hosts the second field army of Turkey. A Turkish general will supervise operation of the radar. Data from the radar will be sent to the Turkish government as well.

The radar will be tested by mid-December 2011.

The US says that the radar is to detect possible missiles from Iran.

The administration of George Bush Jr. planned to set anti-missile systems in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic. Moscow considered the initiative a threat to its strategic potential. Barack Obama changed the plans but did not give up on Bush’s project.