Sunday, July 27, 2025

150 THAAD Ballistic Missile Interceptors Fired By U.S. During Iran's Barrages On Israel: Report

Roughly 25% of all U.S. THAAD interceptors funded to date were reportedly launched in June, and SM-3s were also expended at a worrisome rate. - Joseph Trevithick
The U.S. Army reportedly fired over 150 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile interceptors to help defend Israel during its 12-day war with Iran earlier this year...
  • “Operating alongside Israeli systems, THAAD operators burned through munitions at a furious clip, firing more than 150 missiles to shoot down the waves of Iranian ballistic missiles, according to U.S. officials,” per the Journal‘s story. 
  • “That is nearly a quarter of the interceptors ever purchased by the Pentagon.”...

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