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The Pentagon has confirmed it is sending a THAAD missile defence system and US troops to Israel, publicly acknowledging that US troops will be on the ground assisting in Israel's defence.

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really. Iran wants an excuse to sit it out and they just got it.

What it will do is give the us more intelligence agents in the ground figuring out what the actual duck is going on.

We don't care about isrealis killing ours. Neither attacking a ship nor running a civilian over with a bulldozer raised too much issue.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm quite aware of THAAD's capabilities, including its tracking radars, at least as far as publicly disclosed information goes.

That's not what I'm talking about.

I'm talking about this reducing, or removing, one of Iran's primary means of deterrence against Israeli attacks.

If Israel doesn't have to worry about the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles, it frees them up for an even more aggressive course of action.

Unless you're suggesting that this means Israel can, and should, continue to directly attack Iran...?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No I mean they can intercept Israeli missiles and they aren't Israeli controlled.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

These will not be used to shoot down Israeli missiles...