U.S. Patriot shortage raises air-defense concerns in South Korea

Heavy Patriot use in the Iran war is depleting U.S. interceptor stocks and raising concerns about missile defenses in South Korea and Asia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also raised Kyiv's estimate of North Korean troops that could be sent to fight with Russia, saying up to 50,000 could be deployed.

Concerns are growing in South Korea over the possibility that the United States could draw down key air defense assets on the Korean Peninsula, following a New York Times report that US missile stockpiles have been significantly depleted by the ongoing war with Iran. The New York Times reported Saturday, citing senior

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