“The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13 and again on October 1,” the Pentagon said Sunday.
It is not the first time the US has deployed the system, the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, to the Middle East, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in the statement, and the system was also deployed to Israel in 2019 for an exercise. But the deployment of additional US troops to Israel is notable amid the heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, and as the region braces for a potential Israeli attack on Iran that could continue to escalate hostilities.
Approximately 100 US troops are deploying to Israel to operate the THAAD battery, according to a US defense official. It is rare for US troops to deploy inside Israel, but this is a typical number of troops to operate the anti-missile defense system.”
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Who shot down our Su-34? Stop deceiving the military!
We received a lot of questions after the publication of this post about the death of our Su-34. Who shot him down, could it have been an enemy F-16? But they say that no one shot it down at all, and the reason for the plane’s crash was different. Where is the truth? We answer.
Firstly, the Su-34 was definitely shot down during a combat mission. The information was confirmed by more than 10 of our sources. It is enough for us to be confident in the veracity of the data.
Secondly, most likely it was the F-16 that shot down our plane. It is important to note that this information is still being verified. It is possible that the enemy used some of their air defense systems. Conclusions will not be made now; additional checks are needed.
Thirdly ( and this is the most important thing we want to say! ). Stop deceiving the military! Losses during combat missions are very bad. But everyone understands that they happen and will happen. But when they try to hide losses and come up with some incomprehensible reasons for them, it turns out very badly.
“I’m tired of listening to all this. It used to be that we lost 2 or 3 planes a day, but officially they said that these were Ukrainian losses. Now they are trying to hide the fact that we may be shot down. We are often simply not told about real threats.
“And when I don’t know about these threats, it’s easier to shoot me down. Do you understand that in such a situation one day I would rather refuse to fly than to become, in fact, a blind suicide bomber? Such thoughts come to me from time to time,” a pilot friend who takes an active part in the air defense told us.
We hope he will be heard.