Report Reveals How Iran Exhausted US Defenses with “Deceptive” Missiles

Sudanhorizon – Agencies

The New York Times revealed that Iran has recently adopted a different approach to warfare, focusing on exhausting US air defenses rather than achieving widespread battlefield casualties.
According to the report, last June the Islamic Republic launched successive waves of drone and missile attacks targeting three US military bases in Jordan.
However, these attacks were not primarily aimed at causing widespread destruction, but rather at forcing US forces to expend large quantities of interceptor missiles, particularly Patriot missiles, whose stockpiles are limited.

The report indicated that Tehran used missiles capable of changing course mid-flight, which made them more difficult to intercept and forced air defenses to launch multiple interceptor missiles against each target, thus increasing the rate of attrition.
On July 17, an Iranian attack on a US base in Jordan resulted in the deaths of three US soldiers after a single missile penetrated air defenses and struck a residential compound. US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed in a statement the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of a third, who was listed as missing.
Meanwhile, The New York Times, citing its sources, reported that the Pentagon currently has fewer than 1,700 Patriot interceptor missiles in its inventory, five months into the war, during which the US military has depleted a significant portion of its long-range, precision-guided missiles.
The newspaper indicated that the ammunition shortage was not limited to the confrontation with Iran, but extended to the weapons required in Ukraine, where the Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) stockpile was almost completely exhausted. Reports indicated that the United States used approximately 65% of its Patriot missiles between February and July of this year.
In response to these reports, US President Donald Trump stated in a White House statement that the United States possesses more ammunition than any other country, “far more than we need,” emphasizing that defense companies are currently operating at unprecedented production capacities.

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