The US military is set to deploy additional forces to the Middle East, including a number of nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bombers, the Pentagon has announced.
The deployment was reportedly ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to compensate for the scheduled departure of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group from the region, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder has said in a statement.
Apart from “several” B-52H bombers, the assets include “additional ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft,” he said on Friday. The forces are scheduled to arrive “in the coming months,” Ryder added without giving any exact timeframe.
The upcoming deployment is supposed to show Washington’s commitment to “the defense of Israel.”
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