PNN – The Wall Street Journal sounded the alarm about the end of American and Israeli interceptor missiles and reported on their savings.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, while the alarm bells were ringing about the end of American and Zionist interceptor missiles after three weeks of the start of the US-Zionist war against Iran and the incessant firing of Iranian missiles at enemy positions, especially in occupied Palestine, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal announced in its new report that Israel is facing a critical challenge in air defense as the war continues and reserves are dwindling, and has begun to economize and rationalize the use of its missiles, while Iranian missiles have shattered Israeli defenses and targeted fortifications near the Dimona reactor.
The American media added: Amid warnings of a depleted defense capability, Israel has begun rationing the use of its advanced interceptor missiles to preserve reserves against the constant barrage of Iranian missiles over the past four weeks.
The report continued: Israel has relied on developed versions of less capable defensive munitions, such as the David’s Flak and Iron Dome systems, to intercept long-range missiles, but two Iranian ballistic missiles hit the cities of Dimona and Arad directly after Israeli systems failed to intercept them.
According to the Wall Street Journal, this military push indicates that the war is turning into a race to deplete reserves. “The number of interceptor missiles of any type is limited, as the battle continues, that number will decrease, and as it decreases, more precise calculations need to be made about what will be used,” said Tal Inbar, a senior analyst at the US Missile Defense Coalition.
According to the report, Israel entered the current conflict with a stockpile of Arrow interceptor missiles that had been depleted by the June 2025 war. “We are trying to expand the Arrow missile system to a higher level and move the interception as far away from the ground as possible, which works well in some areas and not in others,” said Ron Kochaff, a retired Brigadier General and former commander of the Israeli Air and Missile Defense Forces.
After an Iranian missile successfully hit a nuclear reactor in Dimona, residents around the area were evacuated to shelters, and Ahmadel Ben Yehuda (69), who lived near the site of the explosion in Dimona, said: It’s not over yet, we get reminders every few hours via phone alerts and new sirens and explosions.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Gulf countries are facing similar pressures, while the global supply of interceptor missiles is facing many problems, as American THAAD missiles are starting to run out amid a global shortage.
Tom Karako, director of the US Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said: We have used up several years’ worth of production in the past few weeks, even if we maximize production with the expected increase in missions, which we need, it will still take years to make up for what has just been used.
Karako added: These are scarce national resources and we need them in other parts of the world and producing them is not something we can continue to do.