US Awards Lockheed $58.6bn PAC-3 Contract Amid Critical Interceptor Shortfall

🛡️ ARSENAL — $58.6bn to fix the stockpile crisis that's actually running this war. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: CSIS put PAC-3 stocks at 759–827 — two-thirds gone. This contract doesn't fix Thursday; Lockheed's production ramp is a 2–3 year horizon. Washington is signaling long-war posture. Tehran now knows the constraint is structural, not seasonal — the pause buys time, but the replenishment clock just started.