800patriot missiles in 3 days Compared to 600 missiles over 4 years in Ukraine

Follow-ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
Recent military estimates, published by American media, have revealed that approximately 800 missiles from the Patriot air defense system were used in the Middle East within just three days during intensive interception operations of Iranian missiles and drones in the recent war, in an indication of the unprecedented pressure on air defense systems in the region.
On the other hand, about 600 Patriot missiles were used over four full years of the war in Ukraine, according to Western reports, which shows the enormous difference in the depletion of American defenses in the Middle East.
The Patriot missile is considered one of the most advanced air defense systems in the Western arsenal, designed to intercept aircraft, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles, but its effectiveness depends on having a sufficient stockpile of missiles, making the massive attrition within a few days a strategic and logistical challenge.
The cost of a single missile is estimated at millions of dollars, turning the confrontation into an economic battle alongside being a tactical one.
Experts point out that the most prominent lesson today in the skies of the Middle East is that the battle is no longer just between missile and missile, but between the industrial capacity for production and the ability to endure in a long war of attrition.