Germany Says Turkey and Greece to Join Missile-Defense Plan

An IRIS-T missile system vehicle.Photographer: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images
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Turkey and Greece will formally join a German-led missile-defense project Thursday, taking the number of members of the so-called European Sky Shield Initiative to 21, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

“This is a considerable number in such a short time,” Pistorius told reporters before a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels.