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How Iran Missiles Prepared US Patriot Units for Pacific War

U.S. Patriot air defense units stationed in Northeast Asia likely learned valuable lessons from their recent combat experience in the Middle East as they prepare for potential aggression from China and North Korea.

In a July 21 analysis, researchers at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America said that the Army had launched approximately 30 Patriot guided missiles at 14 Iranian ballistic targets heading toward America’s largest military facility in the Middle East, at a total cost of $111 million.

Read the full piece in Newsweek.