Leon Panetta: “These incidents are tragic, unfortunate, and impact the entire unit.”

And the problem is, we now realize that 80% of our THAADs are down, that our Patriots were down almost more than one half … and we’re down in our Stingers, we’re down with all of our critical missile systems at a time when there is a real…

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.