US will deploy anti-missile defence system and troops to Israel over Iran's threat

The Pentagon has said it will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel, even as Iran warned Washington on Sunday to keep American military forces out of Israel. Before then, the US sent a THAAD battery to Israel in 2019 for training. The THAAD advanced defence system each consists of six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors, and radio and radar equipment, which requires 95 soldiers to operate. The battery is considered a complementary system to the Patriot, but it can defend a wider area, with the capability to hit targets at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometres (Read more at Euronews).