伊朗在过去五天内对约旦的美军基地发动多波无人机和导弹攻击，导致美国爱国者防空导弹库存严重耗损。[1]7月17日，一枚伊朗导弹突破防线击中位于约旦的Muwaffaq Salti空军基地的预制房屋，造成3名美国士兵死亡、100多人受伤。[1]
美国国防部已使用超过1500枚爱国者拦截导弹，库存仅余不足1700枚。[1]在那致命的一周中，美军单日发射约50枚爱国者拦截导弹，每枚成本约400万美元。[1]而美国2025年全年仅能生产约600枚此类拦截导弹，无法快速补充库存。[1]伊朗则通过学习乌克兰战争中俄罗斯的战术，不断改进其攻击策略以突破美国防空系统。[1]
美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥在事件后表示："我们击落了几乎所有导弹，一枚漏了过去。"[1]然而，国防部长彼得·赫格塞特在4月8日曾声称伊朗导弹计划"在功能上被摧毁"。[1]此前4月发生的战争中，美国和以色列在五周内对伊朗地下设施进行了大规模轰炸。[1]
Iran has conducted successive waves of drone and missile strikes against three U.S. military bases in Jordan over a five-day period, significantly draining American air defense resources.[1] On July 17, a missile breached defensive systems and struck a prefabricated structure at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, killing three American soldiers and wounding more than 100 others.[1]
The intensity of these attacks has strained U.S. munitions supplies. The Department of Defense has expended more than 1,500 Patriot interceptor missiles, leaving an inventory of fewer than 1,700 units remaining.[1] U.S. production capacity for 2025 is projected at approximately 600 interceptor missiles annually.[1] During the week of these attacks, American forces launched roughly 50 Patriot interceptor missiles daily, with each missile costing approximately $4 million.[1]
Despite the scale of interceptions, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged the penetration of defenses, stating: "We shot down nearly all of the missiles—one got through."[1] However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had claimed on April 8 that Iran's missile program was "functionally destroyed."[1] That assessment followed extensive bombing campaigns conducted by the United States and Israel against Iranian underground facilities over a five-week period in April.[1]
Iran has progressively refined its attack tactics by studying Russian military strategies employed during the Ukraine conflict, enabling the Iranian military to adjust methods to overcome American air defenses more effectively.[1]