The United States reportedly used more than HALF of its THAAD anti-missile interceptor inventory while helping defend Israel during the recent war with Iran, according to The Washington Post.
The report says the US also fired more than 100 SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors, while Israel used fewer than 100 Arrow interceptors and roughly 90 Davidโs Sling interceptors.
One US official quoted in the report warned that if fighting resumes, America may need to deploy even more interceptors due to some Israeli missile defense batteries undergoing maintenance.
โIsrael is not capable of fighting and winning wars on its own, but nobody actually knows this, because they never see the back end,โ the official reportedly said.
The Pentagon pushed back on concerns over burden-sharing, while the Israeli Embassy in Washington said the US has โno other partner with the military willingness, readiness, shared interests and capabilities of Israel.โ
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Adding some more fuel to the Jew hating left !!!!
the problem isnโt the rate of usage, or the cost, but the rate of replenishment. bad things happen when you run out of bullets.
Highly interesting how these “reports” say such convenient narratives: a superpower like the US, is “drained”. But then, a crippled nation like Iran, who underwent massive blows, with an unbelievably weak economy, “rapidly rearming”.
Someone is very interested in making us believe these lies, for very obvious reasons.
“DRAINED”, especially in click-bait all-caps, implies “vast majority”, not merely “over half”.
If the USA is running short of munitions, the fault lies with Biden having shipped so much of the US stockpile to the Ukraine. What interest did the US have there? How would it harm the US if Russia were to conquer the Ukraine?