The U.S. is sending a Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said yesterday, as the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself against Iranian attacks, the Worthy News website reports today (September 27, 2019).
Two more Patriot batteries and a missile defense system will go later if needed, and the deployment will involve 200 troops.
Military commanders have been working since last week to iron out what military aid to send to Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. action comes in response to what U.S. officials say was a brazen and unprecedented cruise missile and drone attack by Iran on Saudi oil facilities on September 14.
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