🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump’s Iran war may have created a dangerous vulnerability 2,000 miles away. NATO is running critically short of the missiles it would need to defend Europe from Russia, with Patriot interceptor stocks there “beyond critical” levels. A senior U.S official reportedly warned that if Russia launched a sustained... missile attack against NATO infrastructure, Europe could find itself in a position disturbingly similar to Ukraine: forced to absorb strike after strike because there simply aren’t enough interceptors available. And the timing could hardly be worse. The Iran war consumed huge quantities of American defensive munitions, while Europe spent years relying on the U.S rather than building enough air-defence capacity of its own. Now Washington is trying to sustain Ukraine, protect the Gulf, deter Iran and defend NATO with missile stocks that cannot be replenished anywhere near as quickly as they can be fired. Meanwhile, tensions with Russia are rising sharply. CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly made a rare trip to Moscow amid warnings to Russia not to escalate against NATO members. And Russia’s Foreign Ministry has now explicitly warned that attacks using British weapons could result in strikes against British military facilities beyond Ukraine’s borders. But there is another possibility that may be just as dangerous: Russia could be preparing a major new offensive in Ukraine while warning European states not to intervene, effectively telling NATO: Stay out, or we may treat your involvement as a direct attack on Russia. And that’s what makes the Patriot shortage so serious. It means Russia may be entering a potentially more aggressive phase of the war knowing the West has fewer defensive missiles available to stop it. Brandon Weichertshow more

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