{"id":156663,"date":"2026-08-27T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156663"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:52:49","slug":"us-patriot-missile-shortage-in-europe-beyond-critical-due-to-iran-war-officials-sayunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156663","title":{"rendered":"US Patriot missile shortage in Europe \u2018beyond critical\u2019 due to Iran war, officials sayUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US military is experiencing a \u201cbeyond critical\u201d shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by US President Donald Trump\u2019s war with Iran, an American defence official in Europe and a Nato official said, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in Nato countries to a potential Russian attack.<br \/>\nThe US defence official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down Russia\u2019s high-speed ballistic missiles.<br \/>\nThe Nato official&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3365503\/us-patriot-missile-shortage-europe-beyond-critical-due-iran-war-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US military is experiencing a \u201cbeyond critical\u201d shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by US President Donald&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156663"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}