U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has agreed to the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and additional Patriot missile battalions to the Middle East in response to escalations in the region, the Pentagon said in a statement on Saturday.
Austin also placed additional forces on prepare to deploy orders as part of contingency planning, the statement added.
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