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Pentagon To Deploy Additional Troops And Patriot, THAAD Defense Systems To Saudi Arabia

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Pentagon To Deploy Additional Troops And Patriot, THAAD Defense Systems To Saudi Arabia
A Terminal Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system battery is offloaded in Israel before participating in an exercise between the U.S. and Israeli military forces. (Photo: U.S. Army)

The Pentagon on Friday approved the deployment of additional troops and air and missile defense capabilities to Saudi Arabia, after receiving a request to bolster defense to deter further Iranian aggression in the region.  The latest deployment, following an attack on Saudi oil facilities in September, includes sending two Patriot air and missile defense batteries, one THAAD defense system, two fighter squadrons and one air expeditionary wing, according to the Pentagon. “It is clear that the Iranians are responsible for…

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