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- American air defense missile stocks, mainly Patriot and THAAD interceptors, have fallen sharply after heavy use in operations against Iran, with Patriot numbers dropping from about 2,330 before the war to roughly 759-827 by late July.
- The air defense campaign has been largely successful, though some Iranian attacks got through and caused casualties and damage.
- The depleted inventories create strategic risks beyond the Middle East, potentially weakening US preparations for a possible conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific.
- The Trump administration has requested $95 billion for munitions in the FY2027 defense budget plus $21 billion in supplemental war funding to rebuild stockpiles, but production of new missiles takes months or years.
What to watch next
- Whether fighting with Iran resumes and how quickly remaining interceptor stocks are consumed
- Progress of the Trump administration's defense budget requests for munitions replenishment
- Pace of missile production increases and any stockpile-sharing or joint production arrangements with allies
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