Washington Post: America has used half of its stockpile in full to defend Israel

SadaNews - The Washington Post reported on Thursday evening that Israel launched 190 intercept missiles to defend itself in the war with Iran, compared to 300 intercept missiles launched by the United States to defend Israel.

According to the report, which relied on estimates from the U.S. Department of Defense and American sources, the United States launched over 200 missiles from the "THAAD" (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system to defend Israel, which is nearly half of the Pentagon's stockpile of these missiles.

The sources also mentioned that the United States launched over 100 intercept missiles from its warships in the eastern Mediterranean.

In contrast, Israel launched fewer than 100 "Arrow" missiles and about 90 "David's Sling" missiles.

According to Pentagon estimates, the United States has borne the brunt of Israel's missile defense system.

A senior U.S. official told the Washington Post, "The United States launched about 120 more intercept missiles than Israel and intercepted twice the number of Iranian missiles."

The U.S. Department of Defense also reported that the U.S. Army has exhausted its stockpile of advanced missile defense systems after using far more sophisticated weapons to defend Israel during the war with Iran than what Israel itself used.

According to three senior U.S. officials, this imbalance highlights how Washington has borne the brunt of dealing with the Iranian ballistic missile attacks during the war.

One other senior U.S. official stated, "Israel is unable to fight and win wars on its own, but no one really knows that because they don’t see what happens behind the scenes."

According to the officials, the two countries had previously agreed on a framework for ballistic missile defense, which effectively ensured that advanced intercept systems such as THAAD and naval defense systems would intercept most of Israel’s ballistic threats.