US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war

US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war(apnews.com)

18 points by hn_acker 11 hours ago | 8 comments

Despite four years of close observation and support of the war on Ukraine the message from the Iran conflict is that the US has not learned a thing about how to efficiently fight a war against drones.

nojvek 2 hours ago | |

The lower the stock, the higher next year’s military budget.

Military complex loves having a bigger budget every year. Social security solvency be damned.

I think the lessons have been learnt well. Just not the ones that serve average American.

hn_acker 11 hours ago |

The full title is:

> US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say

netsharc 7 hours ago |

And they're also wrecking shipfuls of seamen...

anovikov 11 hours ago |

German plant to produce them is about to come online in weeks and reach full production in a year so there's no reason to worry.

bigyabai 11 hours ago | |

The Iran war could escalate in under a year. The US produces ~1.6 MIM-104s per-day; Some 224 MIM-104s/day were expended in the opening days of the conflict.

I'd say there are arithmetically reasonable causes for worry.

toomuchtodo 11 hours ago | |

Can those munitions be provided to Ukraine without US approval?

ck2 11 hours ago |

Putin must be laughing his *ss off