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'US could take years to rebuild missile stockpiles depleted in Iran war
The US could need several years to rebuild stocks of some of its most important missiles after nearly six months of war on Iran, defence analysts have told Al Jazeera.
Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said the US has used about 60 percent of its global Patriot missile stockpile, while its supply of THAAD interceptors has fallen to roughly half of pre-war levels.
“If the war with Iran were to end today”, Cancian said, “it would take one to five years, depending on the munition, to get back to where we were pre-war”.
He said Patriot production has doubled from about 300 missiles a year before Russia’s war on Ukraine to about 600, but reaching Washington’s target of 2,000 annually will take until at least 2030.
Cancian said the most serious shortages involve long-range weapons and missile-defence munitions.
Dan Grazier, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, said increased spending alone would not solve the problem.
“We need to design simpler weapons that can be bought at scale and produced in a relevant time span,” he said.'
AlJazeera
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Israel is FINISHED - Jeffery Sachs on Israel and the US support for genocide, Greater Israel and the great game of global hegemony.
Bonus- Where did all the money go on US military expenditure?
TACO TRUMP is the Emperor with no Interceptors to Cover his Bluster.
'US could take years to rebuild missile stockpiles depleted in Iran war
The US could need several years to rebuild stocks of some of its most important missiles after nearly six months of war on Iran, defence analysts have told Al Jazeera.
Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said the US has used about 60 percent of its global Patriot missile stockpile, while its supply of THAAD interceptors has fallen to roughly half of pre-war levels.
“If the war with Iran were to end today”, Cancian said, “it would take one to five years, depending on the munition, to get back to where we were pre-war”.
He said Patriot production has doubled from about 300 missiles a year before Russia’s war on Ukraine to about 600, but reaching Washington’s target of 2,000 annually will take until at least 2030.
Cancian said the most serious shortages involve long-range weapons and missile-defence munitions.
Dan Grazier, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, said increased spending alone would not solve the problem.
“We need to design simpler weapons that can be bought at scale and produced in a relevant time span,” he said.'
AlJazeera
PLUS-
Israel is FINISHED - Jeffery Sachs on Israel and the US support for genocide, Greater Israel and the great game of global hegemony.
Bonus- Where did all the money go on US military expenditure?