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US Deploys Thaad Anti-Missile System To Israel After Iranian Attack | N18G | News18The US says it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and a military crew to Israel to help bolster that country's air defences after a missile attack from Iran earlier this month.A Pentagon statement said President Joe Biden had ordered the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery and its crew be sent "to defend Israel".Iran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on 1 October. The Israeli military said most were intercepted, but a number struck central and southern Israel.Israel has not yet said how it will respond to the attack, but Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said it will be "deadly, precise and above all surprising". REUTERS AND APShow more