100 US Soldiers and THAAD arrive in Israel to help against Iranian attacks

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

United States naming an advanced missile system THERE and 100 of his soldiers had arrived Israel to help Tel Aviv face the threat of counter-attack Iran.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the delivery of THAAD, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, was “ready”.

“The THAAD system is ready,” Austin said, speaking to reporters before arriving in Ukraine earlier this week.

Despite this, Austin was not prepared to say whether THAAD was working.

“However, we have the ability to run it very quickly and we are in line with our expectations,” Austin said.

The THAAD battery was sent by the US military to protect Israel in the event of an Iranian response to Tel Aviv’s retaliation against Tehran’s attack on hundreds of missiles on October 1.

At that time, Iran fired more than 200 ballistic and hypersonic missiles at Israel until Tel Aviv’s anti-missile defense system was overwhelmed and several projectiles escaped capture.

When asked about Israel’s retaliation plans, Austin told reporters earlier this week that “it’s hard to say exactly what the retaliation would be. [Israel] that’s later.”

“At the end of the day, that’s Israel’s decision, and whether Israel thinks it’s appropriate or not and how Iran sees it, I mean it’s probably two different things that is,” said Austin.

“We will do – we will continue to do – everything we can … to defuse tensions and hopefully both sides can start to de-escalate. So, we’ll see what happens,” he said. say he was saying. Times of Israel.

Reported New York Timesthe US deployed the advanced THAAD anti-missile defense system and deployed 100 soldiers to run it into Israel.

The US argued that the military aid was to help defend Israel in anticipation of an attack from Iran.

This military support from the US indicates that the US is heavily involved in the war in the Middle East. The conflict will spread after Israel receives large subsidies from Washington.

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