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With Donald Trump in charge again, the USA military now provides warmly welcomed assistance to Israel's military that's seriously needed in combatting Iran's rocket fire:

American air defense systems and a Navy destroyer helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles Friday that Tehran launched in response to Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders, U.S. officials said.

The U.S. has both ground-based Patriot missile defense systems and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense systems in the Middle East capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, which Iran fired in multiple barrages in retaliation for Israel’s initial attack.

A Navy destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean Sea also shot down Iranian missiles heading toward Israel, one official said.

The United States also is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to the strikes.

The Navy directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, which is capable of defending against ballistic missiles, to begin sailing from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean and has directed a second destroyer to begin moving forward so it can be available if requested by the White House, U.S. officials said.

American fighter jets also are patrolling the sky in the Middle East to protect personnel and installations, and air bases in the region are taking additional security precautions, the officials said.

This could also help explain why a rocket launch from Iran today was thankfully thwarted. Now, thankfully, unlike during the Gulf War when George Bush Sr. was president, the USA is helping Israel this time around. Many congratulations to Trump for this important assist.

Update: Scott Jennings says the USA should destroy a key nuclear facility at Fordow in Iran. And he's correct.

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