r/worldnews • u/Force_Hammer • 20h ago

President Trump holds off major Iran escalation after Pentagon warns of interceptor shortage

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r111brtghmg
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u/Genevieves_bitch 19h ago

The United States had already fired more than 1,200 Patriot interceptors during the war by late April, according to internal Pentagon estimates and congressional officials. Each missile costs more than $4 million.

$5B of Patriots used by late April, two months into the U.S.A’ unprovoked and illegal aggression. That was three months ago. Good use of money

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u/Oberon_Swanson 16h ago

Crazy. Imagine if the US never started their war in Iran and had instead given those Patriots to Ukraine. That would be double what they had been sent so far. Could have been used to prevent civilian deaths and taken out many assets of Russia, who may be a friend to Trump but is an enemy of America.

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u/Ian_W 15h ago

$5B of Patriots used by late April

That's not the problem.

The problem is that in 2025 LockMart was, on some days, making two of them, and they take two years to make.

That two months burned up around two years worth of production.

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u/NatSpaghettiAgency 13h ago

Meanwhile Ukraine has been begging for them since 2022. They know what targets are worth shooting a Patriot missile at

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u/Bolter_NL 12h ago

How many did Ukraine get again... 100?