Air defense: How Israel’s defense is depleting US stocks of THAAD missiles
Loading of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery by the US Army in Texas in 2019. (picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne)
The United States’ ten-year program for Israel’s military will expire in 2026. In the war with Iran, US forces fired dozens of THAAD interceptor missiles at Iranian projectiles – bringing their own stockpiles to a historic low.
