Trump approved the transfer of additional military forces to the Middle East
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The United States will send an additional military contingent to the Middle East. Appropriate approval has already been received from US President Donald Trump, said Pentagon chief Mark Esper.
The US Department of Defense will send an additional military contingent to the Middle East "in connection with the alleged Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia." The main efforts of the additional forces will be focused on air defense and missile defense.
The President approved the deployment of US forces, which will mainly focus on air and missile defense. This is just the first step we are taking to respond to these attacks.
- declared Esper.
In turn, the chairman of the joint committee of chiefs of staff, General Joseph Dunford, said that the number of deployed troops would be "moderate."
Earlier it became known that the US Navy sent the USS Nitze destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile defense system to the north of the Persian Gulf. It is stated that it should "close the existing gap in the air defense of Saudi Arabia in the north-east direction", through which, according to the Pentagon, on September 14 Iran allegedly inflicted a blow on the oil enterprises of Saudi Arabia.
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