US Missile Interceptor Stockpiles Critically Depleted After Iran Campaign
🛡️ READINESS — Allies are doing the math on US interceptor stocks, and they don't like it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Sustained Hormuz operations and Iran missile exchanges have burned through interceptor inventory faster than production can replace it. Allies now face a credibility gap: if the US can't sustain multi-front defense, Article 5 and Gulf security guarantees weaken simultaneously. Tehran's attrition strategy is working exactly as designed.