Israel is days from depleting it's more important and effective interceptors

They will essentially have only their Iron dome stuff which works against rockets and drones (to an extent) but not to ballistic missiles.

That will leave Israel completely open.

It all comes down to 2 things

1. Criminal neglect in the supply chain
2. Negligence in protecting the early warning system which allowed for a more efficient interceptor usage. Essentially Israel has less time to react so must use more interceptors, with a lower chance of intercept and draining supplies faster.

I would imagine that one reason we hear about "missile fragments" causing damage is because the interceptions occur later in flight closer to Israeli cities. that is just speculation on my part.

As Table 2 shows, over a dozen munition types have been expended by the coalition at a rate that appears to be unsustainable. Already, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger noted on 19 March that global stockpiles are empty or nearly empty' and that if the war continues another month we nearly have no missiles available'.

Industry leaders are reluctant to increase production without firm commitments, having been burned' in the past by promises of funding that did not materialize. Compounding this, the sole American factory for high explosives, Holston Army Ammunition Plant, has not received orders to increase production. Industrial base production is only made worse by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which threatens upstream supply chains for vital materials like sulphur.

Again, we spend a trillion dollars per year

And we run out of ammunition.

SOLE AMERICAN FACTORY

Criminal negligence

a trillion dollars per year

Even after the Trump Administration met with defence industry executives on 6 March, our discussions with defence firms indicate that no production surge has occurred because no funded orders have been placed

odern war for you, the US just went +400% on THAAD interceptor production and is pushing an all around production ramp on munitions that makes the cold war build up look small and has been in motion across multiple administrations.

#89 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-03-28 03:54 PM | Reply | Flag:
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MMMMHMMM

You referring to this?

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of War (DoW) have signed a framework agreement to increase production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors from 96 to 400 per year. This move quadruples output to meet rising demand, with production capacity rising to 400 interceptors per year over the next seven years

from 96 to 400

per year

As of late March 2026, the U.S. and allies have heavily depleted their stockpiles in the Iran conflict, with estimates suggesting hundreds of interceptors used. One report indicated that within days of February 2026 strikes, Arab partners and the U.S. burned through 800 PAC-3 MSE or THAAD interceptors, while another estimate for the first 16 days of the conflict noted nearly 40% of U.S. THAAD inventory was

Assembling a single THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) interceptor missile takes approximately six weeks from start to finish. However, due to complex supply chains and specialized component manufacturing, replenishing the overall stockpile takes much longer, with industry estimates suggesting it takes years to significantly increase production numbers.

GOAL of 400 per year

I stand by my earlier assessment

How would you get the Strait of Hormuz opened?

Yes, the great impact of 1 missile, headed into the densest, most successful air defense network in history.
No. Iran surrogates immediately went offensive when this started. They got heavily bombed in response. Yemen is just late to the party, and now their missile supply line doesn't exist.

#85 | Posted by sitzkrieg a

LOL

Are you aware that every day Israeli wounded from Iranian and Hezbollah missiles, drones and rockets increases?

What does that tell you about the "most successful air defense network in history"?

What will happen when Israel runs out of air defense missiles?

"Here's some shit I just made up, but haven't ever looked at the maps."
Just open a map. The livemaps will tell you exactly what's going on.

#82 | Posted by sitzkrieg

Did Iran and it's proxies have the capability to overrun our embassies?

What assets did we have to counter that?

the point is not the specific example it is the criminally negligent disregard for basic military doctrine, i.e. reinforcements.

Last time they attacked 190 ships using at least 400 missiles, mixed Anti-Ship Cruise missiles, Anti-Ship Ballstic Missiles, and hundreds of one-way fixed wing drones. They sank 2 cargo ships. The Persian Gulf is a bottle where Iran can easily shoot things at you when you try to leave it. The Red Sea you just go around, costs you 10 days in extra shipping time.

#80 | Posted by sitzkrieg

People need to study the economic warfare of Nazi Germany's assault on shipping during WW2.

Delays in the arrival of material and oil is nearly as effective as sinking ships.

Yemen fired 1 missile.

#76 | Posted by sitzkrieg

When are morons going to recognize the intelligent strategy of measured response and escalation?

Of course they only fired one missile. It is a measured escalation of the conflict

Iran is is NO HURRY to end this.

EVERY DAY STRENGTHENS THEIR HAND

So, a few days will go by while Israel and the US counter A SINGLE MISSILE.

1 missile will cause huge impact on operations.

Do you military ever learn about initiative? Patton understood it. As did Lee and Grant

Their supply line would run through Basra, the third largest city in Iraq. They'd have to come down the actual Highway of Death, in the open, in the face of the USAF and IDF.

#72 | Posted by sitzkrieg a

It was just a random example of some action Iran could have taken, there are hundreds of others that our military did not prepare for.

QRFs should have been present from the beginning of the war. Not having them present is negligent. Our military having to rush MEUs and the 82nd Airborne from across the globe shows incredibly poor planning.

There is no question that is a failure of military planning. Piggy wouldn't be involved in something like that beyond a head nod of approval.

The level of incompetence in our military is staggering. We spend a trillion dollars a year on the military and MIC and we run out of missiles in a month??? Like WTAF

The problem is we don't have the military production capacity. Well why the FUCK NOT?!! We spend more than the next 15 countries on defense COMBINED and we run out of ammunition! It sounds intentional to permit a monopoly on weapons production.

We have spent decades failing to secure basic minerals that are critical to building these weapons!

We have had years to witness the new war (drones and missiles etc.) in Ukraine and yet we cannot defend our critical radar systems!! Did we not learn the capabilities of drone warfare?!

Why are we sending the USS Gerald Ford to conduct extended air operations given it was having major plumbing problems and seemingly has a MAJOR morale problem.

If the sabotage rumors are true, we had a mutiny on the pride of the American navy! LIKE WOW

Other carriers are being chased from the area, our bases are being obliterated.

That is criminal neglect!

This is not 1942 where Japan was able to roll over the Pacific because our military had been neglected for decades and there was a depression that limited spending. We spend a goddamned trillion dollars per years and we are getting our asses kicked and are about to face true defeat when we RUN OUT OF FUCKING AMMUNITION

Piggy likes to hang out with losers

That is a quote

Piggy admitted he likes hanging out with losers.

That is a quote

So, its being reported that Iran hit 1 or 2 of our AWACS airplanes and some more air tankers. Not confirmed but...