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US deploys missile submarine to Middle East

Rt.com 16 Aug 24

The Pentagon also ordered a carrier strike group equipped with F-35 fighter jets to the region in order to defend Israel

The US is accelerating military deployments to the Middle East as it seeks to defend Israel amid reports of a potential Iranian attack, according to a statement by the Pentagon issued on Sunday.

Iran has been vowing retaliation against the Jewish State after the killing of former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, hours after he attended the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Pentagon’s statement said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine and the ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ aircraft carrier equipped with F-35 fighter jets to the region.

“Secretary Austin reiterated the United States’ commitment to take every possible step to defend Israel,” the statement, issued following a phone call Austin had with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, reads……………………………………………… more https://www.rt.com/news/602491-us-israel-iran-tensions/

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