The U.S. Army intends to spend more than $1.3 billion on Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors in the fiscal year that starts on Oct. 1, according to internal budget documents seen by Bloomberg. The plan quietly lifts the Army’s overall purchase objective to 13,773 missiles, four times the 3,376 outlined in earlier planning. The accelerated buy follows a Pentagon munitions review that found the United States holds barely a quarter of the interceptors it needs to meet war-plan requirements, Bloomberg reported. Patriot batteries—deployed recently to help defend Ukrainian cities from Russian strikes and to protect U.S. forces in the Middle East—fire the PAC-3 MSE interceptor, the most advanced variant in the system. Expanding domestic stockpiles is intended to shore up U.S. readiness while sustaining deliveries to allies facing active aerial threats.
❗️The 🇺🇸US Army plans to quadruple the purchase of Patriot missiles and spend more than $1.3 billion on it — Bloomberg The amount will be allocated in the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1. We are talking about increasing the purchase of missiles from 3,376 to 13,773 https://t.co/JjiCHiAxJB
⚡️ US Army to sharply increase Patriot missile purchases in fiscal year 2026, media reports. Internal Pentagon documents reportedly revealed that the Army has boosted its planned purchases of the most advanced Patriot interceptors from 3,376 to 13,773. https://t.co/mgHKlaljlx
🇺🇸 The US Army plans to spend more than $1.3 billion on Patriot missiles for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, - Bloomberg ❗️A panel of high-ranking Army officials raised its buying plan for the most advanced Patriot interceptor to 13,773 from 3,376. https://t.co/EEVfkIWepp