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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday vowed that the United States would take "all necessary actions" to defend its troops after a drone attack by Iran-backed militants that killed three U.S. service members and wounded dozens more.

Three U.S troops were killed and at least another 40 were wounded in Sunday's attack on the Tower 22 base.

U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged, officials said Monday.

The enemy drone followed the American drone as it approached, but it is not clear if it was intentional or if it was a coincidence.

The US base, known as Tower 22, sits near the demilitarized zone on the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ's southern edge

An enemy drone strike Sunday in Jordan claimed the lives of three Georgia soldiers and injured dozens more.

The three citizen-soldiers from different corners of Georgia all died in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan near the Syrian border.

The Defense Intelligence Agency in August showed reporters remnants of Iranian drones discovered in Ukraine, after Russian use, and Iraq.

President Biden told reporters Tuesday he has made a decision about the US response to the strike that killed US service members and injured dozens in Jordan.

Tower 22: Three US troops killed in a drone attack. Explore the strategic location, Jordan-US alliance and unanswered questions