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Damning new data from inside the Pentagon suggests that U.S. forces are currently expending more resources defending Israel from missile strikes than Israeli forces themselves.
Three officials with knowledge of Defense Department assessments told The Washington Post on Thursday that the lopsided effort underscores the extent to which Washington has shouldered the burden of countering Iranian ballistic missile strikes during Operation Epic Fury.
U.S. forces, according to those assessments, have used up to half their total inventory of certain high-altitude interceptor systems, while Israel has deployed its own at a slower rate.
The numbers are striking, Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at D.C. think tank the Stimson Center, told the Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/damning-pentagon-leak-reveals-huge-092345179.html
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