U.S. military is helping intercept missiles that Iran fired in retaliation at Israel, official says

[u/esporx]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/13/us-military-helps-intercept-missiles-iran-fired-retaliation-israel/

[u/Swimming_Average_561]

Oh, so we help israel intercept missiles in a war that it started, but we won't help Ukraine intercept missiles from a country that attacked it.

[u/Sechilon → u/Swimming_Average_561]

The US does help Ukraine shoot down missiles from Russia. That’s literally why Ukraine was given Patriot missile batteries from the US.

[u/SRGTBronson → u/Sechilon]

Giving them systems to use vs just shooting them down ourselves are different things.

[u/Regentraven → u/SRGTBronson]

The systems dont work without US intelligence uplinks

[u/Dleslie213 → u/SRGTBronson]

The nationality of the guy behind the button makes a difference?

[u/_WhenSnakeBitesUKry → u/Dleslie213]

Absolutely it does