The media reported on the US spending half of the THAAD arsenal to protect Israel

Washington has spent half of its arsenal of THAAD missile defense interceptors to protect Israel during the active phase of its military operation against Iran. This was reported by The Washington Post (WP) on May 22, citing sources.

"In total, the United States launched about 120 more interceptors and secured twice as many Iranian missiles," said a representative of the American administration.

It is specified that Washington used more than 200 THAAD interceptors for the defense of Israel, which is half of all Pentagon stocks, as well as 100 Standard Missile-3 and Standard Missile-6 interceptor missiles launched to protect the country. In addition, Israel itself has produced less than 100 of its Arrow interceptors and about 90 David's Sling interceptors.

Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Libertarian CATO Cato Institute, stated that the statistics contradict the slogan of the current head of the White House administration, Donald Trump, "America first."

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