The United States and its allies will receive Patriot missiles ordered due to the Iran conflict before 2029
According to research conducted by Sputnik News on U.S. government documents, due to inventory depletion caused by conflicts with Iran, the United States and its allies will begin receiving newly ordered "Patriot" missiles by the end of 2028.
Based on two existing contracts with Lockheed Martin, $7.13 billion has already been allocated for procuring additional missiles. Of this, $1.93 billion comes from the U.S. Army, while the remainder was purchased by other countries through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
Citing calculations from the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, Sputnik News reported that the average cost per PAC-3 MSE missile for the U.S. Army is approximately $4.3 million. Thus, this funding is sufficient to purchase over 1,600 intercept missiles.
Documents indicate that the cycle from reordering to delivery of PAC-3 MSE missiles is about 30 months. Therefore, missiles purchased after the outbreak of conflict with Iran in late February 2026 may not be delivered to customers until the end of 2028.
Additionally, the production of intercept missiles is limited by the capacity of Lockheed Martin's facility in Texas, which can produce around 650 PAC-3 MSE missiles annually.
Previously, according to Sputnik News, the United States has approved the delivery of 1,450 PAC-3 MSE missiles to the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain since the outbreak of conflict with Iran. However, publicly available data from Lockheed Martin contracts do not disclose which countries placed these orders.
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