[gunnut]

Israel is retiring them because they have developed their own air defenses that have proven to be superior. I believe their Iron Dome has intercepted more missiles and other threats than all the Patriot missiles deployed around the world.

This is not the US telling them to retire them but their assessment that maintaining them is not worth it any more.

[Tell It Right]

I believe the reality is that Israel is retiring older Patriot missiles, not new ones. If I understand it correctly, today's Iron Dome has a mixture of U.S. made interceptors, and Israeli made interceptors, and U.S. made but Israeli modified interceptors, and some short range, some long range, some "kill shot" ones, some with intent to explode near the enemy rocket, some hitting small rocket targets, some hitting ballistic missiles, etc..

Lefty mag Business Insider trying to describe all of that as a one or two phrase descriptor like "Patriot missiles" can be ignorant at best, misleading at worst.

[BobL]

“This is not the US telling them to retire them”

LOL!!! Just as they’re on the verge of war with Iran.

Others can decide what makes sense...