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West’s Missile Defence Gap: Iran War Drains US Stockpiles in Six Months

CLAVE 1 / 4The US has fired as many as 290 Thaad and 1,430 Patriot missiles since February 2026, leaving just 70 and 870 rounds respectively.

CLAVE 2 / 4A single Patriot PAC-3 interceptor costs $4 million; a Thaad round costs $12 million, with production times of 42 and 53 months.

CLAVE 3 / 4Ukraine’s Freya initiative aims to test a domestic anti-ballistic missile by July 2027, squeezing a 30-year programme into two.

CLAVE 4 / 4Tom Cole, US House Appropriations Chair, warns: ‘We don’t have enough munitions to sustain a long-term fight.’

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