To strengthen Israel’s air defenses following recent heavy missile attacks by Iran, the United States is sending a battery of the state-of-the-art THAAD missile defense system and an accompanying US military team to Israel. The US Department of Defense spread this message on Sunday. But the ‘iron commitment of the United States to the defense of Israel’ apparently also conceals serious ammunition problems.
According to a report in the Financial Times, based on information from defense industry experts and former US military personnel, Israel’s air defense system could be used in the event of another massive missile attack from Iran – should Hezbollah join forces in Lebanon – “ to be overloaded”. “The US arms supply is not unlimited. The US cannot supply Ukraine and Israel at the same time. “We have reached a tipping point,” a former Pentagon official warned the newspaper.
Even though Israeli weapons makers work non-stop, producing interceptor missiles “doesn’t just take a few days,” said Boaz Levy, CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries. “We need to stock up,” Levy said.
Israel gets the most powerful system in the US
The movement of a THAADD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) unit is very useful for the Israelis. The system detects targets up to 300 kilometers away and up to 150 kilometers altitude. It is one of the US military’s most powerful missile defense weapons. In view of the conflict in the Middle East, the United States already deployed a THAADD battery in the region last year, but not in Israel itself.
Macron wants to stop arms deliveries
Promises about further arms deliveries also came from Germany. “We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced during the Bundestag debate on the anniversary of the Hamas massacre in Israel last week. French President Emmanuel Macron had previously spoken out in favor of halting the supply of weapons for use there, as part of comprehensive efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Krone
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