US Will Need Five Years to Replace Missile Interceptors Spent in Iran War
🎖️ PENTAGON — $38B spent; five years to rearm. The next crisis starts before the reload finishes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Interceptor depletion is the hidden variable in every escalation calculus. With DEFCON 1 active and Iran still launching ballistics — 20 at Al Azraq alone — the US missile defense shelf is now quantifiably hollow. Five years to restock means any new front opened before 2031 finds American bases structurally exposed. Tehran's planners just received the most valuable intelligence of the war.
