Bulgaria 's Acting Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov defined the launch of a ballistic missile from Iran toward Turkey as a serious and dangerous escalation, confirming that the projectile was intercepted and destroyed by NATO missile defense systems. Further reading: Turkey Just Shot Down an Iranian Missile - How Close Are We to a NATO War? At an emergency briefing, Zapryanov stated that both the Turkish authorities and NATO headquarters had verified the attack. The missile, fired from Iranian