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Israel is rapidly depleting its stock of Arrow missile interceptors, raising urgent
questions about the sustainability of its missile defence against Iran. A senior U.S. official, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, confirmed that Israel's supply of the advanced Arrow system used to intercept high-altitude ballistic missiles - is running low.
"Neither the U.S. nor the Israelis can continue to sit and intercept missiles all day," said Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Israeli financial daily The Marker estimates nightly missile defence operations cost up to 1 billion shekels ($285 million). Each Arrow interceptor alone costs around $3 million.
A source briefed on U.S. and Israeli intelligence told WSJ that without
American resupply or escalation, Israel may only have enough interceptors left for 10 to
12 more days assuming Iran maintains its current pace of fire.
On Friday night, Iranian missiles breached defences and struck near Israel's military headquarters in Tel Aviv. Two days later, another projectile hit an oil refinery near Haifa, forcing a shutdown. Verified videos on Tuesday showed further impacts close to Israel's intelligence complex north of Tel Aviv.
Source: The Economic Times
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