US Moving Parts of THAAD Missile Defense System from South Korea to Middle East
The US military has begun transferring parts of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense system based in South Korea to the Middle East as the war with Iran is straining US military stockpiles.
The US has used a large number of THAAD interceptors and other missile defense munitions, and Iranian counterattacks have also hit THAAD radars in the region. According to a report from The Washington Post, the Pentagon estimates that it has burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions in just the first two days of the war.
US officials told the Post that, in addition to moving parts of the THAAD out of South Korea, the US has begun drawing from its supply of Patriot interceptors from bases in the Indo-Pacific and elsewhere around the world.
