TRUMP AND KUSHNER HAVE NO VIABLE PEACE STRATEGY EVEN AS THE US IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF AMMO OTHER THAN TO ESCALATE THE STRIKES....
US MILITARY IS TAKING AMMO FROM THE UKRAINE TO USE IN THE DOOMED IRAN WAR
https://orf.at/stories/3425032/
SET TO RUN OUT OF LAST AMMO IN A MONTH
WHAT THEN? WILL THE MARINES, 82ND AIRBRONE? ENTIIRE DIVISIONS BE BOMBED TO DEATH? ENTIRE NAVAL FLEETS BE SUNK BY IRAN? THE USA ATACKED?
CAN AN ARMY FIGHT WITHOUT MISSILES IN THE ERA OF DRONE WARFARE?
US MAY SOON BE WITHOUT KEY AMMO FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE DUE TO A LACK OF RARE EARTH MINERALS CAUSED BY TRUMP S CHINESE WAR BACKFIRE
FROM THE TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/03/26/how-long-can-america-keep-fighting-iran-war/
It calculated the US is, at most, a month away from running out of some of its most critical weapons: THAAD air defences, and the ATACMs and PrSM ground-attack missiles.
But crucial weapons stocks will be finished by then if they are used as rapidly as they have been so far.
The RUSI report stated the US fired 198 THAADs, its only system which can intercept attacks from both inside and outside the atmosphere, during the war’s first 16 days.
This is in addition to 431 of the US navy’s SM-2, SM-3 and SM-6 surface-to-air missiles, and 402 Patriot missiles that have also been fired.
The US can fight on without those munitions. But it means exposing its military to the Iranian and drone attacks that will find their way through the cracks in its protective shield.???
(CAN AN ARMY FIGHT ON WITHOUT PROTECTION FROM DRONES AND MISSILES IN 2026?_)
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Last week, Armin Papperger, the head of German defence manufacturer Rheinmetall, warned air defences across the US, Middle East and Europe were “almost empty” as a result of the war.
If the conflict lasts another month, there will be “nearly no missiles available”, he added.
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What has been fired in a matter of weeks will take years to replenish. Building up the stock of the 535 Tomahawk missiles used will take at least five years, the RUSI report calculated.
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has requested an extra $200bn from Congress to pay for the war.
But this ultimately cannot speed up the production of complex weapons, particularly when China has a stranglehold over many of the rare earth minerals which will be needed to restore the US’s armoury.
...Even though the Trump administration has sought to force up production, RUSI, citing discussions with defence manufacturers, assessed: “No production surge has occurred because no funded orders have
been placed.”
Not only does this leave the US exposed, but it delays those munitions that could be sent to allies such as Taiwan and Ukraine.
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“What we’re seeing is a situation where targetry never makes up for a lack of strategy,” he said.
“Some of the strategic outcomes early on – unconditional surrender, regime change, we’re going to dictate who the next Supreme Leader is – those were clearly nonsense. Those were delusional,” the retired
four-star general said.
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