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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered more US troops, ships, fighter jets and “land-based” firepower to the Middle East to counterThe US military “posture adjustments” come as Israel gears up for a likely retaliatory strike from Iran and its proxies related to the recent assassinations of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr.
“ecretary Austin has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the US European Command and US Central Command regions,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement outlining the additional resources being sent to the region. “The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense,” she added. The US and Israel are preparing for a likely retaliatory strike from Iran related to the killings of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.The Pentagon will also be deploying an “additional fighter squadron to the Middle East” as well as replacing the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group with the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, Singh said.
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