Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being
deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the
latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking
Tehran.
Tensions between nations have been high in recent months and have
only worsened in the weeks since early December when Iran hijacked and
recovered an American drone aircraft. Many have speculated that a
back-and-forth between the two countries will soon escalate Iran and the
US into an all-out war, and that event might occur sooner than thought.
Under the Austere Challenge 12 drill scheduled for an
undisclosed time during the next few weeks, the Israeli military will
together with America host the largest-ever joint missile drill by the
two countries. Following the installation of American troops near Iran’s
neighboring Strait of Hormuz and the reinforcing of nearby nations with
US weapons, Tehran authorities are considering this not a test but the
start of something much bigger.In the testing, America's Theater
High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile system will be operating
alongside its ship-based Aegis system and Israel's own program to work
with Arrow, Patriot and Iron Drone missiles.
Israeli military
officials say that the testing was planned before recent episodes
involving the US and Iran. Of concern, however, is how the drill will
require the deployment of thousands of American troops into Israel. The
Jerusalem Post quotes US Commander Lt.-Gen Frank Gorenc as saying the
drill is not just an “exercise” but also a “deployment” that will involve “several thousand American soldiers” heading
to Israel. Additionally, new command posts will be established by
American forces in Israel and that country’s own IDF army will begin
working from a base in Germany. In September, the US European Command established a radar system in Israel.

With
America previously equipping Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
with weaponry to wreck any chance of an Iranian nuclear weapon program
from close by, the US will now have added forces on the ready in Israel
and Germany under what Tehran fears is a guise being merely perpetrated
as a test-run. RT reported last week that the US is equipping Saudi
Arabia with nearly $30 billion F-15 war planes, a deal that comes
shortly after Washington worked out a contract with Dubai to give the
UAE advanced “bunker buster” bombs that could decimate underground
nuclear operations in neighboring Iran.Since the US surveillance
mission over Iran that left overseas intelligence with a captured
American drone aircraft, tensions have only escalated between the two
nations. After Iran threatened to close down the Strait of Hormuz, a
crucial path for the nation’s oil trade, the US dispatched 15,000
marines into the area.
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