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Pentagon To Deploy Air And Missile Defense Capabilities, Additional Troops To Saudi Arabia

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 26th, 2019

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Pentagon To Deploy Air And Missile Defense Capabilities, Additional Troops To Saudi Arabia

Patriot air defense units are popular Foreign Military Sales (FMS) items. Photo: Raytheon.

The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. will deploy air and missile defense capabilities as well as support personnel to Saudi Arabia following recent attacks against oil facilities in the country earlier this month. Jonathan Hoffman, a top Pentagon spokesman, said the deployment includes a Patriot missile defense battery, four Sentinel radars and about 200 additional troops. “This deployment will augment the kingdom's air and missile defense of critical military and civilian infrastructure. This deployment augments an already significant presence of…

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