The Already Stretched U.S. Military Prepares to Defend Israel

Jack Detsch

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First, the U.S. Defense Department redirected the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group from the Pacific to the Middle East, relieving the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Then, the Pentagon sent more ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the region. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East and more land-based ballistic missile defense.