Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan approved the deployment.
“The Acting Secretary of Defense has approved the movement of USS Arlington and a Patriot Battery to US Central Command as part of the command’s original request for forces earlier this week,” a Pentagon statement said.
CNN has reported that intelligence has shown that Iran is likely moving short-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles aboard boats in the Persian Gulf. The US military believes that cruise missiles could be launched from the small Iranian boats, which are known as dhows. Officials have said those boats are IRGC naval assets, not regular Iranian navy boats.
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The carrier Abraham Lincoln, deployed by US President Donald Trump’s administration to the Middle East as a warning to Iran, passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal on Thursday and is currently sailing in the Red Sea.
CNN reported on Tuesday that the US could send Patriot missile batteries back to the region months after the US had brought some back home due to the threat.
Source: US deploying more Patriot missiles to Mideast, amid Iran threats
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