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Journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeldweiss\/status\/2029205693274767641\">Michael Weiss<\/a> reported that the missile was launched at about 11:40 p.m. EST and was intercepted by an SM-3 missile fired from the U.S. Navy ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fragments that fell in the D\u00f6rtyol district of Hatay province were identified as belonging to the interceptor used to destroy the missile, according to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s defense ministry. No casualties or injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the United States was aware of the engagement but indicated the incident was not expected to trigger NATO\u2019s collective defense clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re aware of that particular engagement,&#8221; Hegseth said. &#8220;Although, no sense that it would trigger anything like Article 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish officials said the country remains fully capable of defending its territory and warned that it reserves the right to respond to any hostile act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Navy warship intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran that was heading toward T\u00fcrkiye, according to officials and media reports. The missile was detected late Tuesday after being launched from Iran and traveling through the airspace of Iraq and Syria, according to a statement from T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Ministry of National Defense. Turkish officials said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4276,552,772],"class_list":["post-64748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2026-u-s-israel-iran-war","tag-iran","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. warship intercepts Iranian ballistic missile heading toward T\u00fcrkiye - BNO News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/u-s-warship-intercepts-iranian-ballistic-missile-heading-toward-turkey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. warship intercepts Iranian ballistic missile heading toward T\u00fcrkiye - BNO News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A U.S. Navy warship intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran that was heading toward T\u00fcrkiye, according to officials and media reports. 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