These statements were made by defense news outlets and independent analysts, as cited by many Western media outlets, including Newsweek Magazine.
The 12-day war that began on June 13th saw Iran respond with a whopping number of ballistic missiles, including hi-sonic variants, towards strategic nuclear, military and industrial targets across occupied Palestinian territory.
Retaliation missiles as part of True Promise III have targeted the centre of Tel Aviv, the regime’s economic hub. Haifa, the most important deep sea port, and be’er sheva, the epicenter of modern development and technology.
According to analysts, the US uses 15-20% of the global THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system inventory, with interceptor costs exceeding $800 million.
Observers note that the failure, referring to each interceptor between $120,000 and 15 million, reflects the enormous number and high strength of missiles launched by Iran.
They also cite weapons maker Lockheed Martin, creating 50-60 interceptors every year, highlighting how Thaad Arsenal was exhausted.
Due to considerable pressure to protect Washington’s major regional allies, they deployed more than two of seven powerful global THAAD batteries during support work.
Experts also pointed out how the THAAD, designed to deflect high-altitude ballistic missiles, fought with Islamic Republic’s low-altitude projectiles and high-sonic ballistic missiles such as the Fattah-1.
The missiles are highly maneuverable and impose an unpredictable trajectory on American missile platforms.
Thaad was similarly lacking in May. Yemeni troops fired one of the Palestine-2 polar ersonic ballistic missiles towards the occupying territories.
Experts also highlighted the development of a strategy for the Islamic Republic to launch large-scale salvos on American missile systems.
They cited the barrage of June 18th against Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv over-hired Thaad, facing decoys and non-critical targets.
This, they noted, created an asymmetrical situation for missile platforms that were unable to deal with the overwhelming incoming fire.
MNA/presstv