The U.S. military’s stockpile of advanced air defense interceptors has been significantly depleted after the American military used far more advanced and expensive munitions to defend Israel than Israel itself did during the war with Iran. This was reported by The Washington Post based on Defense Department assessments it obtained. The U.S. fired more than 200 interceptors from the THAAD system to defend Israel, about half of the Pentagon’s entire stockpile, alongside more than 100 interceptors of other types fired from vessels in the eastern Mediterranean. This was reported by U.S. officials. In contrast, Israel fired fewer than 100 of its Arrow interceptors and about 90 David’s Sling interceptors, some of which were used against less sophisticated projectiles.
