In the last week, there have been increased reports of diminished U.S. stockpiles of weapons, including Patriot anti-missile interceptors. “The private deliberations have focused on the Pentagon’s shrinking inventory of Patriot interceptors and other air defenses, the officials said, discussing operational matters on the condition of anonymity,” the Times reported. Otherwise, they know what will happen,” Cheung said, per the PBS report. An Expert SpeaksThe PBS report also spoke to Jerry McGinn of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the weapons question, which CSIS has studied. It even publishes counts of how many Patriot interceptors remain in the U.S. arsenal, which its site currently lists at 759–827, compared to 2,330 before the war and just over 1,000 at the time of the ceasefire.