Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered additional ships to head to the Middle East amid fears of an Iranian retaliatory strike on Israel Friday, with the US embassy in Jerusalem issuing a security alert for US citizens.
"Secretary Austin has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the US European Command and US Central Command regions," read a statement from Defense Department deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh. "The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense."
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of additional fighter jets along with additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to Europe and the Middle East in response to recent Iranian threats.
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