Great Satan US to deploy patriot missile batteries and F-16 jets on Syrian-Jordanian border

The United States will deploy a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan for military drills and may keep the weapons there to counter the threat of the Syrian civil war, but it has rejected to reveal the size of the deployment.

The anti-missile systems and jets were approved for deployment to Jordan as part of a joint exercise with Jordanian forces, AFP quoted US Central Command Lt. Col. T.G. Taylor as saying. “In order to enhance the defensive posture and capacity of Jordan, some of these assets may remain beyond the exercise at the request of the government of Jordan.”

The US has so far refused to reveal how many F-16s are being deployed, or how many of them will remain in Jordan after the exercises conclude. Jordanian officials have confirmed that the missile defense systems are being sent, vowing they will only be used to defend the country from potential missile attacks.