Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ANKARA2025
2003-03-28 07:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002025
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, NEA/NGA, EUR/SE, PMAT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2013
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE
MISSILE FLIGHTS
(u) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons: 1.5 (B and D).
(C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) notified Task Force-North
late March 26 that Turkish airspace would be re-opened to
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) operations effective
March 27. Operations had been suspended temporarily 3/23
pending the results of an investigation into the 3/23
incident in which two Tomahawk missiles that were launched
from a ship in the Mediterranean had landed near Viransehir,
Turkey. A joint US-Turkish team concluded its investigation
of the incidents 3/26. The first TLAM landed in the side of
a hill, approximately 500 feet from a small village. The
second TLAM landed in relatively flat terrain, approximately
500 feet from a different village. There were no injuries
and only limited property damage. The US military has paid a
claim in the amount of $900.00 in accordance with existing
claims procedures. The TLAM parts have been recovered from
the sites and are expected to depart Turkey via USN C-9 March
27.
PEARSON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR P, NEA/NGA, EUR/SE, PMAT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2013
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE
MISSILE FLIGHTS
(u) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons: 1.5 (B and D).
(C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) notified Task Force-North
late March 26 that Turkish airspace would be re-opened to
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) operations effective
March 27. Operations had been suspended temporarily 3/23
pending the results of an investigation into the 3/23
incident in which two Tomahawk missiles that were launched
from a ship in the Mediterranean had landed near Viransehir,
Turkey. A joint US-Turkish team concluded its investigation
of the incidents 3/26. The first TLAM landed in the side of
a hill, approximately 500 feet from a small village. The
second TLAM landed in relatively flat terrain, approximately
500 feet from a different village. There were no injuries
and only limited property damage. The US military has paid a
claim in the amount of $900.00 in accordance with existing
claims procedures. The TLAM parts have been recovered from
the sites and are expected to depart Turkey via USN C-9 March
27.
PEARSON