U.S. Wrestles With Aiding Allies and Maintaining Its Own Weapons Supply
The New York Times
Pentagon officials discuss whether the flow of assistance could be hurting the military’s ability to respond to a new conflict.
Nearly every week for months, the Biden administration has announced that it is sending another shipment of arms to Ukraine or the Middle East.
And nearly every week, Pentagon officials discuss whether the flow of weapons could be hurting the U.S. military’s ability to respond to a new conflict, particularly one in the Pacific.
That dynamic resurfaced in recent days after the Biden administration announced that it was sending an advanced missile defense system to Israel, along with 100 American troops to operate it.
The THAAD system, short for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, is an advanced mobile defensive apparatus that can knock short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles out of the sky. Israel needed one because it may be planning to attack Iran in retaliation for an Iranian assault last month, which was itself retaliation for an Israeli attack. The Iranian barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles, which did little damage, prompted American officials to send more defenses to Israel.
But the United States is believed to have seven of these THAAD batteries, including the one delivered to Israel and another that was sent to the region earlier this year to protect American troops from possible attack by Iranian-backed militias. The Pentagon does not usually disclose where the batteries have been moved, for operational security reasons, but South Korea is believed to have one as well.
What is certain: The deployments have made a dent in the American supply.
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