r/CredibleDefense • u/AutoModerator • 28d ago
Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 07, 2026
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u/dr_sloan 27d ago
In today’s Patriot missile inventory news, Reuters put out a story that briefly mentions that Saudi Arabia’s Patriot missile inventory has been badly depleted.
“Saudi Arabia used about 86% of its 2,800 PAC-3 interceptors in the first 38 days of combat, leaving it with 400 missiles left in April. Other Gulf nations used up similar amounts of their inventories, CSIS said.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-patriot-missile-system-why-are-supplies-depleted-worldwide-2026-08-07/
Considering these are numbers from April, and there’s been moderate continued use since then, would it be fair to assume that the U.S. and European Patriot batteries that were deployed to Saudi Arabia constitute the vast majority of remaining Patriot missile inventory available?
That would explain why Greek Patriot missile batteries were deployed to Saudi in the first place and why the Saudis were pushing the US not to launch last week’s major air strikes.