Iran Rains Missiles on Kuwait as US Patriot Stockpile Nears Crisis Point
CSIS warns US Patriot stocks may run dry before Bessent’s financial siege ends Iran
By Zachary Chambers, Tech Times
Before dawn Thursday, Kuwait’s air defenses lit up over the Gulf again — Patriot batteries and radar networks tracking another wave of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones aimed at US military installations across the country. The intercepts worked. But each one came at a price that defense analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies say the United States is running out of time to pay: the US has already burned through roughly two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot missile interceptor inventory since February, and production lines cannot restock until 2029 — regardless of how quickly Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s financial siege forces Iran to the table.
