U.S. Expends 20% Of Global THAAD Stockpile In Defense Of Israel During 12-Day War With Iran - Worthy Christian News

US Spent $800 Million In THAAD Missiles In 12 Days To Shield ...

The 12-day war with Iran: too short

Donald Trump is the president and I’m not. He deserves credit for the successful strikes on some of Iran’s nuclear sites – carried out flawlessly by US forces after Israel had peeled apart Iran’s vaunted air defenses to allow free run of Iranian skies. But, if the president asks me, I’ll tell him he perhaps […] The post The 12-day war with Iran: too short appeared first on Asia Times.

U.S. Expends 20% Of Global THAAD Stockpile In Defense Of Israel During 12-Day War With Iran - Worthy Christian News

by Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Staff (Worthy News) – In a high-cost display of strategic commitment, the United States deployed an estimated 15 to 20 percent of its global Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile inventory during a 12-day war between Israel and Iran earlier this month. The operation, aimed at intercepting waves of Iranian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, reportedly cost the U.S. military between $810 million and $1…

US Missile Defenses Heavily Depleted in Shielding Israel: report

US Missile Defenses Heavily Depleted in Shielding Israel: report – Newsweek By Amira El-Fekki‎, Middle East Reporter for Newsweek The U.S. drew down a significant portion of its advanced anti-missile system to bolster Israel’s defense against Iranian aerial attacks during a 12-day conflict in which Israel and the U.S. struck nuclear facilities and Iran retaliated with missile launches, according to defense news outlets and independent analysts. …

THAAD's Israel deployment proves effective but expensive

The US system carried out 60-80 missile interceptions of Iranian missiles launched at Israel but at a far higher cost than Israel's Arrow system.