CORRECTED-FACTBOX-What is the Patriot missile system and why are supplies depleted worldwide?

(Deletes information in paragraphs 20-21 on use, remaining inventories and US sales of missile interceptors in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations, which were not addressed in the CSIS report)

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