Pentagon to also maintain a consistent aircraft carrier presence in the region.
An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron flies over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, May 10, 2018The Pentagon will send an additional fighter squadron and more warships to the Middle East to help defendshould Iran react militarily to this week's assassination of Hamas' top political leader in Tehran that Iran has blamed on Israel.
An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron flies over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, May 10, 2018Austin "ordered adjustments to U.S. military posture designed to improve U.S. force protection, to increase support for the defense of Israel, and to ensure the United States is prepared to respond to various contingencies," the Pentagon said in a statement issued Friday.
"The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense," it continued.U.S. NavyThis week's assassinations of Hamas' senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Fouad Shukur, a top Hezbollah commander, in Beirut, have raised concerns that an Iranian retaliation could spark a broad regional beyond Israel's war with Hamas.
Currently deployed to the western Pacific, it's unclear when the Lincoln would arrive in the Middle East to replace the Roosevelt, which is currently in the Gulf of Oman.
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