troop
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The U.K. will deploy a small number of additional troops and air-defense systems to the Middle East, including a Sky Sabre system to Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Defense said.
Mathilde Mukantabana, told State Department officials that American financial penalties imposed on the Rwandan Defense Forces will hinder delivery of supplies to troops in the field, making it difficult for them to continue to fight.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who visited troops in the Middle East over the weekend, said the U.S. military took steps to fortify and disperse forces at its bases in the region before strikes began.
Any operation would require controlling not just the waterway but also the territory along its 100-mile length, potentially with ground troops, military analysts said.
They said it would require the deployment of ground troops and could take several days or even weeks to complete.
From BBC
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