Die USA setzten über die Hälfte ihrer THAAD-Abfangjäger zur Verteidigung Israels während des Iran-Krieges ein – Bericht
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-used-over-half-its-thaad-interceptors-defending-israel-during-iran-war-report/
Die USA setzten über die Hälfte ihrer THAAD-Abfangjäger zur Verteidigung Israels während des Iran-Krieges ein – Bericht
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-used-over-half-its-thaad-interceptors-defending-israel-during-iran-war-report/
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Meanwhile… US bases all over the mideast got hit as well.as the countries that harbor them.
So, how many Thaad missles would come from 1.8B US dollars. Israel should pay us back for those used there!
The U.S has berated its allies for a decade saying these were reserved for a China war, especially the philippines and Guam, to then use 80% of the production in fucking centcom areas.
Have a feeling it was way more than half
America first he says — yeah right
Perhaps Israel will pay us back… nah, we will give them a few billion dollars more. Maybe from Don Cheetos unlimited slush fund he just set up.
„US has yet to send 50% of its THAAD interceptors to Isreal.“
BLUF: The US has expended more missiles defending Israel than Israel has defending itself.
Why does the USA allow Israel to control it and use its resources like this?
The USA should just become a colony of Israel
Why? Isn’t the IDF responsible for maintaining the territorial integrity of Isreal?
Wild that people absolutely hate the idea of the government ever spending money helping their fellow Americans, but are happy for their money to be spent on this lmao.
What is worse, is that only around 96 THAAD interceptors are produced each year.
The Israel First president
South Korea says wtf
Can someone remind me why we are defending Israel? WTF
Money being thrown into bottom less pit
gay as hell repubs
No more money or weapons
Remember the „golden dome“ trump blathered about a while back?Now it’s farther away than it ever was.
The headline is misleading. This is over half the interceptors from the single THAAD battery deployed to Israel in October roughly 25-50 missiles not half of the entire US inventory. Each battery holds 48-96 interceptors depending on configuration, and the US operates seven batteries globally with an estimated total inventory around 500-600 missiles.
The actual issue: Iran fired 180+ ballistic missiles in early October. Israel’s Arrow system was handling simultaneous salvos it wasn’t designed for, so THAAD filled the gap on the high-altitude intercepts. Ballistic missiles traveling at Mach 5+ require different geometry than Iron Dome or David’s Sling can manage.
The depletion rate is still a problem Lockheed produces roughly 60 THAAD interceptors per year, and ramping that up takes 18-24 months of supply chain lead time but it’s a battery-level logistics problem, not the strategic inventory crisis the framing suggests. We’ve been tracking this mismatch between production timelines and consumption rates on panopsik.com since the initial deployment. China contingency planning assumes batteries in Guam and Japan stay topped off; one battery burning through half its loadout in a single engagement is exactly the sustainment gap everyone worried about.
The production rate is the actual constraint. Lockheed manufactures THAAD interceptors at roughly 15-20 per year in recent batches. If the US burned through over half its inventory likely 150+ interceptors given total stockpile estimates you’re looking at 7-10 years of production to replenish at current rates.
The Pacific complaints aren’t just posturing. Guam has one THAAD battery, South Korea has one, and the planning assumption has been surge capacity available for Taiwan contingencies. That margin just disappeared defending Israel from a threat its own multi-layer system (Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow) was largely managing. The question isn’t whether Israel deserved the support it’s whether depleting a strategic reserve for a partner with extensive indigenous defenses was the call to make when you’ve been telling allies in the Pacific to wait their turn.
So much for America first
Well yeah. One of the bullet points was
* Degrade and destroy US armed forces.
Trump on his knees sucking off BB
its strange that this pic gives me recall from being a young boy stationed on a USAF base in Germany where twice a year they had a show and tell with military equipment, and I always thought these trucks were the coolest.
China- “Do nothing, still win”
And the war went on for like a week. Didn’t they watch the Ukraine war, you need shit for years.
What a waste of assets. Let Israel defend themselves. If they can’t, they earned every single rocket and shell that hits em
Where Iron Dome???
But that’s fine, because Trump says that after firing half the interceptors, they now have double the interceptors.
But there’s totally sufficient lawyers of defense over the Strait, and using 50% of global supplies in one small AO is not concerning in the slightest! /s