ABNA24 - The US-Israeli war against Iran is rapidly depleting Patriot and THAAD interceptor stocks, threatening to leave US allies across the world vulnerable to attacks, The New York Times reported.
The newspaper points out that countries don’t usually make information on their interceptor stocks public but it’s already clear that "waves of missile and drone attacks by Iran have sorely depleted the interceptor inventories" and that "stockpiles could become dangerously low" if the war continues.
The New York Times notes, citing the Emirati Ministry of Defense, that Iran has launched almost 500 ballistic missiles and over 2,100 drones at the UAE since the start of the conflict. The paper adds that air-defense systems in the region "rely on a variety of launch systems, including Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries".
Dwindling interceptor stockpiles could leave US allies around the world vulnerable to attacks. The newspaper particularly mentions Israel, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, were struck. Iran announced a retaliatory operation, targeting sites in the Israeli-occupied territories, and US assets in West Asia.
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