Fears grow that Ukraine could run out of US-supplied Patriot missiles

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Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.
Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.

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Massive Russian missile strike sounded like 'Armageddon,' Ukrainian lawmaker recalls after blast blew her windows out

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A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Russian warplane accidentally bombed its own side during a massive missile attack on Ukraine

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Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.
Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.

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Ukraine says it deployed its 'FrankenSAM' air-defense systems made from stitching together US and Soviet weapons

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A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.
A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.

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Iran-backed Houthis threaten to 'sink' the US and allied warships that keep shooting their stuff out of the sky

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship's Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct.

Houthi attacks are soaring, and it's not just the US Navy shooting their weapons out of the sky

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The French Navy frigate Languedoc.
The French Navy frigate Languedoc.

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US Navy brags in game-day video a destroyer is 22-0 against the missiles and other threats Iran-backed rebels are throwing around

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A missile is fired from the USS Carney.
A missile is fired from the USS Carney.

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US Navy warships don't have to worry much about the missiles the Houthis keep throwing around, but not everyone can say the same

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship's Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct.

Missiles were fired toward a US Navy destroyer responding to an attempted hijacking near Yemen. The same warship was targeted in this area years ago.

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The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mason pulls alongside a fleet replenishment oiler in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2021.
The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mason pulls alongside a fleet replenishment oiler in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2021.

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US Army tests new missile set to replace ATACMS, weapons Ukraine has used to punish Russia's helicopter fleet

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ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System
An Army Tactical Missile System during live-fire testing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on December 14, 2021

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