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Illustrative: This image released by Bahrain's Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP)
March 22, 2026, 9:50 am
Patriot interceptor likely behind Bahrain blast blamed on Iran, analysis shows
Open-source footage and satellite imagery show American air defense projectile probably caused March 9 explosion on Sitra Island, injuring 32, in bid to down Iranian drone
By Jonathan Landay, MB Pell and Travis Hartman
US Army AH-64E Apache helicopters are pictured at Joint Base Andrews, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
January 31, 2026, 11:22 am
US approves $6.7 billion arms sale to Israel, $9 billion Patriot missile deal for Saudis
State Department announces major weapons packages amid Iran tensions and Gaza ceasefire talks; bulk of deal will see Israel buy 30 Apache gunships and 3,250 light tactical vehicles
By Matthew Lee
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
September 27, 2025, 5:54 pm
Zelensky says Israeli Patriot missile defense system is operating in Ukraine
Israel has denied supplying Kyiv with weapons, saying that the systems were American and returned to the US, which reportedly refurbished them and sent them to Ukraine
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this image courtesy of DVIDS, a US Air Force Airmen offloads a THAAD launcher from a C-17 GlobeMaster III at Nevatim Air Base, Israel, for an exercise, March 1, 2019. (Robert DURR / DVIDS / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 3:35 am
US air defense systems, naval destroyer help down Iranian missiles fired at Israel
American officials say second destroyer to begin moving forward so it can be available if requested, as US shifts military resources in Mideast in response to the strikes
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
In this image released by the US Department of Defense, German soldiers fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on November 8, 2017. (Sebastian Apel/US Department of Defense, via AP, File)
May 4, 2025, 10:15 pm
Patriot air-defense system based in Israel to be refurbished, sent to Ukraine – NYT
US made deal with Israel under Biden, report says, as Russia fires missiles, drones at Ukrainian cities several times a week; Israeli Air Force decommissioned Patriots last year
By ToI Staff
A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Oklahoma, on March 21, 2023. (AP/Sean Murphy, File)
January 29, 2025, 10:36 am
US transfers 90 Patriot interceptors from Israel to Ukraine — report
Axios says Netanyahu, fearing Russia, only agreed to return the mothballed system to the US after Zelensky refused to take calls from him regarding Uman pilgrimage
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The US military returns a THAAD missile defense system from Israel to its home base, March 2019. (US Army Europe/File)
October 13, 2024, 8:09 pm
US confirms it’s sending missile defense battery, 100 troops to operate it, to Israel
Pentagon says deployment of THAAD system, associated crew of US military personnel, will help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented ballistic missile attacks
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and AP
File: A Patriot battery is seen stationed in northern Israel, August 2, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
June 28, 2024, 4:07 pm
US and Israel in talks to send Patriot systems to Ukraine — report
White House working to convince Netanyahu that Russia’s closeness with Iran justifies risk of fallout, FT reports, as Western countries make push for Ukrainian air defense
By ToI Staff
File: A Patriot battery is seen stationed in northern Israel, August 2, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
April 30, 2024, 12:33 pm
Patriot air defenses to be mothballed after decades of mostly gathering dust
Within two months, Air Force will replace aging US-made interceptor with more advanced Israeli systems, including Iron Dome
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Israeli soldiers walk near an Iron Dome defense system (L), a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the MIM-104 Patriot (C), and an anti-ballistic missile the Arrow 3 (R) during Juniper Cobra's joint exercise press briefing at Hatzor Air Base in central Israel, on February 25, 2016. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP)
October 30, 2023, 1:27 pm
Jordan asks US to deploy Patriot defense system amid Hamas-Israel war jitters
Jordanian army spokesman says ‘drones have become a threat on all our fronts,’ denies claims US bases in Jordan are being used to transport military equipment to Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures by a model of RISE Safran motor at the International Paris Air Show at the Paris Le Bourget airport, June 19, 2023. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
June 20, 2023, 6:54 am
Macron urges Europe to build own air defense, not rely on US-Israeli system
French leader warns against buying arms ‘off the shelf’ for a continent-wide missile umbrella after German purchase of Arrow 3 from Israel for Sky Shield Initiative
By AP
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Sunday, March 11, 2018, a Russia's Kinzhal hypersonic missile flies during a test in southern Russia (AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)
May 7, 2023, 8:44 am
In 1st, Ukraine says it downed Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot system
Air force claims ‘historic’ event stopping incoming Kinzhal rocket; weapon touted by Putin as ‘ideal’ because so difficult to hit; 1st known use by Ukraine of the defense mechanism
By David Rising
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C), flanked by Tula's Region Governor Alexei Dyumin (L), listens to explanations from Shcheglovsky Val Director General Alexei Visloguzov (R) as he visits the Shcheglovsky Val machine building plant, a subsidiary of KBP Instrument Design Bureau, in Tula, Russia, on December 23, 2022.
December 25, 2022, 2:00 pm
Putin says West aiming to ‘tear apart’ historical Russia
President asserts his goal is to ‘unite the Russian people,’ declares that all US-supplied Patriot air-defense missiles deployed in Ukraine will be destroyed
By Agencies
File: An Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, August 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 20, 2022, 3:27 pm
Ukraine officially asks Israel for Iron Dome, Iron Beam, other defense tech
In letter, Ukrainian government requests laser system still in development, US-made Patriot missiles and more; says its ‘expects positive reaction’
By ToI Staff
A member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj, central Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 20, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
March 21, 2022, 9:55 am
US official says Biden bolstered Saudi Patriot missile supply
Move comes amid strained relations between Riyadh and Washington, with the latter moving its air defense systems from kingdom and removing Iranian proxy Houthis from terror list
By AAMER MADHANI
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