The U.S. Interceptor Production Clock maps the staggering gap between American manufacturing capacity and the consumption rate exposed by Operation Epic Fury.

At pre-ramp production rates, replacing the PAC-3 MSE missiles expended in the first 100 hours of the conflict would take nearly 70 weeks (more than a year)while THAAD replenishment would require 26 weeks at current output.

Even after planned production ramps are complete, timelines compress but do not close: PAC-3 MSE still requires 35 weeks post-ramp, and THAAD's ramp to 400 units per year isn't projected to complete until 2031.

Iran fired enough ballistic missiles in the first 48 hours of the conflict to consume 2.6 years of U.S. THAAD annual production.