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President Joe Biden meets with NATO allies as they coordinate reaction to Russia&apos;s war in Ukraine, which has entered its second month. (Photo by Omar Marques\/Getty Images)\"><\/div><figcaption>A US military Patriot anti-missile defence launcher in Rzeszow, Poland [Omar Marques\/Getty]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/joseph_stepansky_170108112414933\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/profile-pic-fix.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/joseph_stepansky_170108112414933\">Joseph Stepansky<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>The White House and Pentagon have pushed back on a slate of recent reports indicating that supplies of both offensive and defensive <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/15\/as-the-us-restarts-war-on-iran-is-its-weapons-stockpile-running-low\">weapons have dropped<\/a> dangerously low after five months of war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have said that low supplies of air defence interceptors, particularly those used in Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defence systems, may pose a particular threat to US forces, with knock-on effects for allies in the region and beyond.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/us-says-deal-on-reopening-hormuz-close-as-iran-oman-hold-positive-talks\">US says deal on reopening Hormuz close as Iran, Oman hold \u2018positive\u2019 talks<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/maximum-use-iran-boosts-military-strength-during-ceasefire-with-us\">\u2018Maximum use\u2019: Iran boosts military strength during ceasefire with US<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/8\/5\/08-05-2026-clip-trump-iran-talks-sot\">Trump hails progress but warned Iran of \u2018hard hit\u2019 if no deal reached<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>But in a statement provided to Al Jazeera on Tuesday by the White House, President Donald Trump pushed back on claims the US faced deficiencies in its current supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have far more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need, despite the fact that an unprecedented amount was given away by Crooked Joe Biden and the Biden Administration to Ukraine and Europe at no cost, in one of many of their extremely dumb moves,\u201d Trump said. He was referencing the Patriot interceptor transfers to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden following Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed to new efforts to scale up weapons production, although experts have questioned whether supplies of air defence missiles could indeed be scaled up in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as we build up, we will start issuing more to our allies in Europe and elsewhere,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell also maintained that the US was not in dire straits on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s military is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President\u2019s choosing,\u201d Parnell said in a statement to Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the US military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"reports-of-shortages\">Reports of shortages<\/h2>\n<p>Several reports on Monday indicated that the situation may be more pronounced than US officials have publicly said.<\/p>\n<p>CNN, for instance, reported that the US military had depleted 80 percent of the THAAD interceptors it had prior to the war and about half of its Patriot interceptors. Sources described the levels as \u201cdangerously low\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth swiftly contested the 80 percent figure and the characterisation of the threat it posed, posting \u201cnot true\u201d and \u201cshame on you\u201d on X on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In an analysis published by the Washington, DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 27, the think tank calculated that, as of that date, the military had just more than a third of its Patriot interceptors left and about half of its THAAD interceptors.<\/p>\n<p>CSIS has assessed that it would take at least three years, even with a <a href=\"\/economy\/2026\/8\/3\/pentagon-boosts-patriot-thaad-interceptor-output-amid-stockpile-strain\">recent flurry<\/a> of funding, to bring supplies to pre-war levels.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Reuters news agency and CBS News separately reported that the military has used the majority of its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Patriot and THAAD interceptors, the highly accurate long-range missiles are used in offensive attacks. Two sources told Reuters that \u201cvirtually all\u201d the missiles, which cost about $1m each, had been used.<\/p>\n<p>No Trump administration official has publicly acknowledged any threats posed by munition shortages, despite the fact the administration has requested $95bn in its Fiscal Year 2027 defence budget and $21bn in a supplemental funding request to replenish its stores.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple media reports have indicated that Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has repeatedly raised concerns behind closed doors. The New York Times reported in late July that concerns over weapons supplies were at least one factor in Trump\u2019s decision to back away from an even greater escalation that month.<\/p>\n<p>That came after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran that had brought a halt to fighting in June <a href=\"\/features\/2026\/8\/4\/one-last-chance-the-times-trump-threatened-iran-said-deal-imminent\">collapsed<\/a>, leading to nearly two weeks of attacks from both sides.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"shortage-implications\">Shortage implications<\/h2>\n<p>Experts say shortages in both offensive and defensive weapons could leave US forces less secure.<\/p>\n<p>Shortages of offensive ATACMs and PrSM degrade the army\u2019s ability to launch strikes from afar, requiring closer-range attacks that are more likely to put forces in peril, according to Mark Cancian, a retired US Marine Corps colonel and senior adviser with CSIS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor ATACMS and PrSM, if you run low or out, then you would have to use some other mechanism, and that would be air-delivered or sea-delivered, so you\u2019re talking probably Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) or Tomahawk to strike a deep target, or having aircraft fly over enemy territory,\u201d Cancian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more dangerous, and you really have to beat down any air defence system,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The shortages of air defence interceptors, however, are \u201cmuch more serious\u201d, Cancian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we talk about missile defence\u2026 we don\u2019t have that many left, and there are no good substitutes,\u201d Cancian said. \u201cIf we run out of Patriots, then the missiles get through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such concerns were underscored by a July 17 attack on the <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/22\/iranian-missiles-show-deadly-precision-amid-us-iran-war-escalation\">Muwaffaq Salti airbase<\/a> in Jordan, in which three US soldiers were killed when Iranian missiles were able to slip through US military and Jordanian air defence systems.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, after five months of war, Iran\u2019s <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/maximum-use-iran-boosts-military-strength-during-ceasefire-with-us\">military capabilities<\/a> remain unclear, but it is unlikely Tehran would be able to fully exhaust remaining US interceptors in the short term, Cancian assessed.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the current level of US stockpiles, every interception of an Iranian strike weakens US deterrence capabilities against military powers like China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery missile that\u2019s used is one fewer that\u2019s available to deter China\u201d, Cancian said, \u201cand we are now at a point where the joint staff are really very nervous about that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NBC News, among other US media, has reported that the military has already taken a more judicious approach to intercepting Iranian attacks deemed unlikely to cause major harm. The strategy can help to preserve interceptors, but can also increase the chances of miscalculation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-problem-is-time\">\u2018The problem is time\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The reported US air defence shortages also raise concerns for Washington\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>The US sells patriot missiles and, to a lesser degree, THAAD interceptors, to allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Trump administration announced an additional $25bn in Patriot interceptor sales and related services to Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. It has also long provided the weapons to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>There have already been reported delays in offensive weapons deliveries to US allies in Europe and Asia, although no air defence delays have yet been reported to allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will almost certainly change\u201d, Cancian said, \u201cand the US will endeavour to hold more of the interceptor back to replenish our own stockpiles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been warning of a dwindling supply of Patriot interceptors to block Russian attacks. He has repeatedly sought US approval to produce the weapons in Ukraine, a permission only Japan and Germany currently have.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Zelenskyy said that allies have supplied Kyiv with far fewer air defence interceptors in 2026, accounting for just a third of the deliveries from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Even with an influx of funding, Cancian said the near-term shortages of US interceptors will not be swiftly resolved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--connatix-ads\">\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads slot-3-placement\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMoney will not be a problem,\u201d he said. \u201cThe problem is time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (7 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A US military Patriot anti-missile defence launcher in Rzeszow, Poland [Omar Marques\/Getty] By Joseph Stepansky Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026 The White House and Pentagon have pushed back on a slate of recent reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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