ABSTRACT Turkey crossed an irreversible strategic threshold on 4 March 2026 when NATO air and missile defense assets stationed in the Eastern Mediterranean intercepted and neutralized an Iranian ballistic munition that had transited Iraqi and Syrian airspace before entering the approach corridor toward Turkish territory. The Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed: “A ballistic munition fired from … Leggi tutto TURKEY AT THE THRESHOLD: NATO–IRAN COLLISION VECTOR AND THE KURDISH FAULT LINE