US MISSILE STOCKS MAY ONLY BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN CONFLICT WITH IRAN IN THE SHORT TERM
CLEAR NO GROUND INVASION OF IRAN CAN PROCEED WITH SO FEW MISSILES
NOT ENOUGH FOR A CONFLICT WITH CHINA
MISSILES WILL TAKE YEARS TO REPLENISH
TRUMP S DISASTROUS CHINA TRADE WAR HAS CUT THE US DEF INDUSTRY OFF FROM VITAL RARE EARTH MINIERALS
LACK OF MISSILES IS LIKELY WHY TRUMP, JD, HEGSETH WANTED TO USE NUKES
DAN CAINE STOPPED THE EVIL LUNATICS
KEY TAKEWAY
TRUMP HAS DE FACTO DESTROYED US MILITARY S CONVENTIONAL POWER ON AN ILLADVISED,POINTLESS, COUNTER PRODUCTIVE WAR WANTED BY KUSHNER AND CO FOR THEIR PERSONAL ENRICHMENT
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/politics/us-military-missile-stockpile
IGNORED ALL THE WARNINGS
CHINA IS NOW BY DEFAULT THE GLOBE S SUPER POWER BECAUSE IT STILL HAS KEY MISSILES AND WIPE OUT WHAT REMAINS OF THE US NAVY, MILITARY ETC IF IT IS PROVOKED
CHINA DOES NOT WANT A POINTLESS WAR, TOO BUSY MAKING ITS ECONOMY STRONG
From CNN
US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations
This image from video provided by US Central Command shows a missile being launched from a US Navy ship in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026.
This image from video provided by US Central Command shows a missile being launched from a US Navy ship in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. US Central Command/AP
The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in the next few years, according to experts and three people familiar with recent internal Defense Department stockpile assessments.
Over the last seven weeks of war, the US military has expended at least 45% of its stockpile of Precision Strike Missiles; at least half of its inventory of THAAD missiles, which are designed to intercept ballistic missiles; and nearly 50% of its stockpile of Patriot air defense interceptor missiles, according to a new analysis conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Those numbers closely align with classified Pentagon data about US stockpiles, according to the sources familiar with the assessment.
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In the short term, the US likely maintains enough bombs and missiles to continue combat operations against Iran, in any scenario, should the shaky ceasefire fail to hold. But the number of critical munitions remaining in US stockpiles is no longer sufficient to confront a near-peer adversary, like China, and it will likely take years before the inventory of those weapons returns to pre-war levels, the CSIS analysis concludes.
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The high munitions expenditures have created a window of increased vulnerability in the western Pacific,” Mark Cancian, a retired US Marine Corps Colonel and one of the authors of the CSIS report, told CNN. “It will take one to four years to replenish these inventories and several years after that to expand them to where they need to be.”
In a statement to CNN, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the military “has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President’s choosing.”
“Since President Trump took office, we have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the U.S. military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests,” he said.
The US military has also expended approximately 30% of its Tomahawk missile stockpile; more than 20% of its stockpile of long-range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles; and approximately 20% of its SM-3 and SM-6 missiles, according to the analysis and the sources. It would take around four to five years to replace those systems.
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