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6/11/2024–|Last updated: 11/6/202411:15 AM (Mecca time)
The Washington Post said that for the first time since the first weeks of the war in the Gaza Strip, the United States will not have an aircraft carrier nearby, coinciding with a shortage of weapons that left the American army deployed “weakly.”
The newspaper quoted American military officials as saying: Pentagon It struggles to distribute enough air defense systems to protect the assets of America and its allies in Eastern Europe, along with those in the Middle East.
The newspaper also quoted the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown His assertion is that “the Pentagon must take a look at the totality of what is being asked of the military, not just in the Middle East but around the world.”
According to the Washington Post, this matter comes at a time when the Pentagon is facing a shortage of the main munitions it used to repel attacks. The Houthis In Yemen, and also to help Ukraine confront Russia.
Analysts warn that this pressure facing the Pentagon would hinder Washington’s ability to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, according to what the American newspaper reported.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States is suffering from a shortage of interceptor missiles due to the increasing demand for them.
The shortage may become more urgent after the recent Israeli strikes on Iran, as American officials fear that it will ignite another wave of attacks, and the Ministry of Defense says that it does not publicly disclose its stocks, because the information is confidential and could be exploited by Iran and its agents.
Conventional missiles that are usually launched from ships are among the most common interceptor missiles, and the United States has used them to defend Israel. They are necessary to stop Houthi attacks on Western ships in the Red Sea, and the United States has launched more than 100 of them since the attack on October 7, 2023. .
