US to Deploy 200 Troops, Patriot Air Defense Battery in Response to Saudi Attacks
26 Sep 2019
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
A single Patriot air defense battery, backed up by four Sentinel 3D Radars and 200 troops, will deploy to Saudi Arabia in response to attacks that devastated the kingdom's oil production, the Pentagon said Thursday. Those attacks have been blamed on Iran.
In announcing the limited deployment, chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Defense Secretary Mark Esper has also put an unspecified number of U.S. troops on "Prepare To Deploy Orders." No decisions have been made on whether they actually will be sent, he added.
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