By Sabrina Siddiqui
NATO has strengthened its ballistic missile defenses across the alliance amid the war with Iran, according to a spokesperson for the alliance's military headquarters SHAPE. The announcement came after an Iranian missile headed toward Turkey was intercepted.
Col. Martin L. O'Donnell, the SHAPE spokesman, said the issue was discussed at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Thursday and that allies "expressed their strong and unanimous support for this sensible measure."
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