The #US military has depleted much of its inventory of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending #Israel amid hostilities with #Iran than #Israeli forces used themselves, according to #Defense dept.

The numbers are striking," said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the #Stimson Center. "The United States absorbed most of the missile defense mission while Israel conserved its own magazines. Even if the operational logic was sound, the United States is left with roughly 200 #THAAD interceptors and a production line that can't keep pace with demand."

If hostilities resume against Iran and Lebanon, the U.S. military will expend an even greater share, because of a decision by the Israeli military to take some of its missile defense batteries offline and let American taxpayers shoulder the cost of defending Israel for invading and attempting to colonize #Lebanon and doing a genocide in #Gaza.

America first, y’all.🙄

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/21/us-bears-brunt-israels-missile-defense-pentagon-assessments-show/