Sabre-rattling in the Middle East
US stealth bombers deployed to the region
With Iran and its allies threatening retaliatory strikes against Israel, the situation in the Middle East has reached breaking point. The USA is further strengthening its military presence in the region. Now F-22 stealth fighters are also being deployed.
The US Central Command of the Armed Forces (Centcom), which is responsible for the region, announced in an online message on Thursday that the deployment of these fighter jets is intended to "mitigate the possibility of regional escalation by Iran or its proxies".
Stealth bombers are fighter jets that are difficult for enemy radar to detect. The number of jets involved and where they will be stationed has not been disclosed.
Additional US warships too
Last week, shortly after threats of retaliation from Iran and its allies following the assassination of Hamas foreign chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr in Lebanon, the US Department of Defense announced the deployment of additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to protect US forces and Israel.
"Will not tolerate attack on our personnel"
On Monday, seven US citizens were injured in a missile attack on an airbase in the Iraqi province of Al-Anbar. In response, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned: "The United States will not tolerate attacks on our personnel in the region."
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