US deploys Thaad anti-missile system to Israel after Iranian attack
File image of a Thaad interceptor missile being launched during a test/ The US says it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and a military crew to Israel to help bolster that country's air defences after a missile attack from Iran earlier this month. A Pentagon statement said President Joe Biden had ordered the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery and its crew be sent "to defend Israel". Iran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on 1 October. The Israeli military said most were intercepted, but a ...
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