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NATO defense systems intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile launched toward Turkey.
The missile passed through Iraqi and Syrian airspace and was intercepted before it reached Turkey, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The Turkish Defense Ministry said it 鈥減reserves the right to respond.鈥� Asked during a Pentagon press briefing Wednesday whether the incident could trigger NATO Article 5, in which an attack on one alliance member is an attack on all, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he had 鈥渘o sense that it would trigger anything like Article 5.鈥�