The United States Department of Defense announced last week that it is deploying more ships, soldiers, B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, and other defense property to the Middle East. Iran has threatened to fight against Israel for the U.S. alliance’s new attacks against its military installations with the implementation of additional military resources to the Middle East.
In a Friday media release, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said,” In keeping with our commitments to the safety of U. S. citizens and forces in the Middle East, the security of Israel, and de-escalation through deterrence and diplomacy, the Secretary of Defense ordered the deployment of more ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and various U. S. Air Force B-52 long-range strike bombers to the region”.
As the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group departs, further U.S. military resources will start arriving in the Middle East region, according to Ryder. The deployments come in response to the Pentagon’s decision to send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ) missile defense system to Israel and the continued presence of the Amphibious Ready Group Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to the press secretary.
The deployment of more military resources, according to Ryder in Friday’s press release, highlights the “flexible nature of the U.S. world defense posture and U.S. capability to deploy world-wide on little notice to meet growing national security threats.”
The United States will take every precaution necessary to defend our people, according to Secretary Austin, who continues to make it clear that Iran, its partners, and its proxies would use this situation to target American personnel or interests in the region.
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The deployment of additional American forces to the Middle East comes as Iran has indicated that it will retaliate against Israel’s most recent attack on Iranian military and missile production sites, according to The Daily Wire. The Iranian government initially downplayed the Israeli attack in an effort to stop the Middle East from escalating into a more violent conflict, according to Iranian state media, but top Iranian officials confirmed that the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism will take additional steps against Israel.
According to The New York Times,” Iran’s response to the Zionist aggression is definite,” according to Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Deputy Commander General Ali Fadavi. We have never left a question about an aggression unanswered in 40 years. With one operation, we are able to completely destroy Zionism.
The New York Times also reported that Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani, who serves as the head of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office, warned that Iran will inflict a “fierce, tooth-breaking response” against Israel.
