U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered the deployment of a THAAD missile defense battery to Israel, along with 100 American troops to operate it, to help bolster Israel’s air defenses in the wake of Iran’s second missile attack, officials say. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is one of the U.S. military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, both inside and outside the Earth’s atmosphere. “This action underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Amer…