The United States and Israel face an urgent need to replace exhausted missile interceptors: report

A Jewish-American group of national security sounds an alarm on the way in which the enemies of America and Israel can exploit stocks of low missiles after the 12-day war with Iran.

The defense of Israel and the Air Udeid air base in Qatar of Iranian countercutches cost the United States and Israel between $ 1.48 billion to $ 1.58 billion, according to an analysis of the Jewish Institute for National Security in America (JINSA), and burned a large part of the missile interceptive scholarships.

The United States and Israel are now faced with an “urgent need” to replace these actions and greatly increase production rates.

The United States had approximately 632 defense interceptors of the high-end terminal area (Thaad) before June 13, the day when Israel began its offensive in Iran. About 540 interceptors remain in its arsenal according to Jinsa calculations of deliveries and the use of Jinsa The report.

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In addition, the two Patriot missile interceptor systems responsible for the defense of Al Udeid, the largest American base in the Middle East which houses 10,000 soldiers, would have used around 30 patriotic interceptors against the 14 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the site on June 23, the interceptors cost around $ 3.7 million each, totaling $ 111 million.

Iran launched 574 medium-range ballistic missiles with Israel and the American air base in Qatar after Tel Aviv and Washington made strikes on the Iranian military and nuclear sites between June 13 and June 24, when the conflict ended in the Iranian counter-state in Qatar.

The two patriotic batteries of the Al Udeid air base would have used approximately 30 patriotic interceptors against the 14 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the site on June 23. (IDF via Getty Images)

Lieutenant-General Thomas Bergeson, former head of the American central command, said that the United States and its allies should do more to invest in non-kinetic interception mechanisms, or systems that can neutralize a threat without explosive force, which would be much cheaper to defend against future attacks.

“There are a number of operational tests and ongoing development tests with a cheaper bullet than a interceptor of several billion dollars to shoot down a relatively cheap missile or UAS,” he said. “Any electro magnetic interference capacity, a microwave laser emp, anything that can drink, the guidance system or the proportion of this particular system is something that could be cheaper.

“You can literally have hundreds, even thousands of laps in a very low cost interceptor.”

Although the cost of the United States and Israel is high, Iran’s cost was higher – between $ 1.1 billion and $ 6.6 billion. The air defenses allowed Israel about $ 13.5 billion in material damage.

Iran increased between a third and a half of its arsenal of ballistic missiles during the 12 -day conflict, suggesting Iranian claims, it could have continued to strike Israel for years if he wanted to be exaggerated.

The United States had approximately 632 Thaad interceptors before June 13, and there are around 540 in its arsenal on the basis of Jinsa calculations of deliveries and use by the interceptor, according to the report. (Reuters)

Iran increased between a third and a half of its arsenal of ballistic missile during the 12-day conflict, including the day after an attack on Haifa illustrated above. (Rami Shush / Reuters)

The replacement of its missile stocks will be even more expensive since Israel has struck many of its launchers and production sites.

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But the United States has used 14% of its global stocks of prized Thaad missile interceptors. The American Thaad system represented almost half of all interceptions due to the “insufficient” capacity of the Israel arrow interception system.

It would take three to eight years to reconstruct the Thaad interceptors used in the 12 -day war at current production rates.

The production of Patriot Interceptor is more robust than Thaad, according to the report, but the United States provides a number of patriotic interceptors in Ukraine. So, we don’t know how many things remain in the stock.

If the United States and Israel are not urgently reconstructed their interception stocks – in particular the Thaad and Patriot systems – they risk entering the next crisis with dangerously thin defenses, according to the report. Opponents can take note of the prolonged difference between the use of ammunition and restocking in stock, which leaves American foundations around the world open to vulnerabilities.

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“Iran’s large -scale missile campaign may have revealed vulnerabilities in Israeli and American air defense systems, providing lessons that Iran or other American opponents could exploit in the future,” said the report.

The Pentagon could not be reached immediately to comment on its plan to reconstruct the actions of missile interceptor.