Just this weekend, the USA announced that it would send a new missile defense system to Israel. But supplies from Israel’s most important ally are limited, experts say.
According to experts, Israel is threatened with a shortage of interceptor missiles if attacks by Iran or its allies increase. Israel is facing a serious ammunition problem, expert and former US defense official Dana Stroul told the Financial Times. If Iran responds to a possible Israeli attack with heavy air strikes and joins Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel’s air defenses could be “overwhelmed.”
The US government announced at the weekend that it would send a battery of the state-of-the-art THAAD missile defense system and an associated American military team to Israel. The aim is to strengthen Israel’s air defense after the recent heavy missile attacks by Iran. But the supplies of the USA, Israel’s most important ally, are also limited, Stroul told the newspaper. “The US cannot continue to supply Ukraine and Israel at the same pace. We are reaching a tipping point.”
Israel has a multi-tiered missile defense system that has so far blocked the majority of drones and missiles from Iran and its proxies in the region. The Financial Times quoted Israeli military expert Assaf Orion as saying that Hezbollah has not yet used its full capabilities in its attacks. Ehud Eilam, a former Israeli Defense Ministry official, said it was only a “matter of time before Israel runs out of interceptor missiles and has to prioritize how they are used.”
Source: Stern
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