Aug 3, 2024, 8:35 AM

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Pentagon to deploy more military capabilities to West Asia

Pentagon to deploy more military capabilities to West Asia

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – The United States will deploy additional defensive military capabilities to the Middle East in order to defend the Zionists, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said.

The United States will deploy additional defensive military capabilities to the West Asia region in order to defend Israel as Washington is also taking steps to increase its readiness to deploy more land-based ballistic missile defense, the US Department of Defense said in a press release on Friday.

According to it, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the US European Command and US Central Command regions."

The Pentagon is also taking steps to increase its readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense, according to TASS.

Also, the US defense chief has ordered more fighters to the Middle EastWest Asia, the Pentagon added.

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