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The Pentagon overnight said it will send two of its most powerful weapons against missiles to the Middle East and prepare an unspecified number of troops to deploy overseas after “recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces” continue to threaten a wider war in the region.
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The U.S. will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and additional Patriot air defense missile system battalions “to locations throughout the region,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement, adding that he has placed an “additional number” of American troops on prepare-to-deploy orders.
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