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Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, administration and congressional officials say. Since the Iran war began in late February, the United States has burned through around 1,100 of its long-range stealth cruise missiles built for a war with China, close to the total number remaining in the U.S. stockpile. The military has fired off more than 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles, roughly 10 times the number it currently buys each year. The Pentagon used more than 1,200 Patriot interceptor missilesin the war, at more than $4 million a pop, and more than 1,000 Precision Strike and ATACMSground-based missiles, leaving inventories worrisomely low, according to internal Defense Department estimates and congressional officials. The Iran war has significantly drained much of the U.S. military’s global supply of munitions, and forced the Pentagon to rush bombs, missiles and other hardware to the Middle East from commands in Asia and Europe. The drawdowns have left these regional commands less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, and it has forced the United States to find ways to scale up production to address the depletions, Trump administration and congressional officials say. The conflict has also underscored the Pentagon’s overreliance on excessively expensive missiles and munitions, especially air-defense interceptors, as well as concerns about whether the defense industry can develop cheaper arms, especially attack drones, far more quickly. White House officials have refused to estimate the cost of the conflict so far, but two independent groupssay the expense is staggering: between $28 billion and $35 billion, or just under $1 billion a day. In the first two days alone, defense officials have told lawmakers, the military used $5.6 billion of munitions. To restore the U.S. global stockpile to its previous size, the United States will have to make tough choices about where to maintain its military strength in the meantime. “At current production rates, reconstituting what we have expended could take years,” Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said this week. “The United States has many munitions with adequate inventories, but some critical ground-attack and missile-defense munitions were short before the war and are even shorter now,” said Mark F. Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which recently published a studyestimating the status of key munitions. … The Pentagon, for example, has committed most of its inventory of stealthy, long-range cruise missiles to the fight against Iran. These missiles, called Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, are launched from fighters and bombers and have a range of more than 600 miles. They are designed to penetrate hard targets outside the range of enemy air defenses. Since the war started, the military has used about 1,100 JASSM-ER missiles, which cost roughly $1.1 million apiece, leaving roughly 1,500 in the military’s inventories, according to internal Pentagon estimates, a U.S. military official and a congressional official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential combat assessments. Tomahawks, which cost about $3.6 million each, are long-range cruise missiles that have been widely used for U.S. warfighting since the first Persian Gulf War in 1991. They remain a key munition for potential future wars, including one in Asia. “While sufficient munitions exist to wage this war, high expenditure of Tomahawks and other missiles in Operation Epic Fury creates risks for the United States in other theaters — particularly the Western Pacific,” concluded a C.S.I.S. study, which estimated the remaining Tomahawk stockpiles to be around 3,000 missiles. Patriot interceptor missiles can cost nearly $4 million each. The United States produced about 600 of them in all of 2025. More than 1,200 have been used in the war so far, according to internal Pentagon estimates and congressional officials. Overall, the cost of the war so far is between $25 billion and $35 billion, according to a study this month by the American Enterprise Institute compiled by Elaine McCusker, a senior Pentagon official during the first Trump administration. Mr. Cancian of C.S.I.S. said in an email that he and his analysts put the cost of the conflict so far at about $28 billion. The military is also incurring unexpected costs from damaged or destroyed aircraft. In the Navy SEAL Team 6 operation to rescue a downed Air Force officer in Iran, the military had to destroy two MC-130 cargo planes and at least three MH-6 helicopters inside them after the planes’ nose gear got stuck in the wet sand of a makeshift airstrip. Mr. Cancian estimated the total cost of the lost aircraft at about $275 million. Three replacement planes eventually flew the airman and the commandos to safety, but the Pentagon did not want sensitive technology from the aircraft to fall into Iranian hands. All regional military commanders are feeling the strain of shrinking munitions stocks. In Europe, the war has led to depletions in weapons systems critical for defending the eastern flank of NATO from Russian aggression, according to Pentagon information reviewed by The New York Times. A problem described as serious was the loss of surveillance and attack drones. The demands of the Iran war have also curtailed exercises and training. According to military officials, this hurts the ability to mount offensive operations in Europe, as well as deterrence of potential Russian attacks. … Before the war with Iran started, American military commanders redirected the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group from the South China Sea to the Middle East. Since then, two Marine Expeditionary Units, each with about 2,200 Marines, have been sent to the Middle East from the Pacific. The Pentagon has also moved sophisticated air defenses from Asia to bolster protection against Iran’s drones and rockets. The redirected weapons include Patriot missiles and interceptors from the THAAD system in South Korea — the only Asian ally hosting the advanced missile defense system, deployed by the Pentagon to counter North Korea’s growing missile threat. Now, for the first time, the system’s interceptors are being moved away, according to American officials. U.S. readiness in the Pacific was hurt earlier by the Pentagon’s deployment of warships and aircraft to the Middle East after the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023 and after Houthi militia forces in Yemen started attacking ships in the Red Sea to support the Palestinians, the officials say. The monthlong bombing campaign against the Houthis last year — an operation the Pentagon called Rough Rider — was much larger than the Trump administration initially disclosed at the time. The Pentagon used up about $200 million of munitions in the first three weeks alone, U.S. officials said. The costs of the overall operation far exceeded $1 billion when operational and personnel expenses were taken into account, the officials added. The American ships and aircraft, as well as the service members working on them, are being pushed at what the military calls a high operating tempo. Even basic equipment maintenance becomes an issue under those grinding conditions. A spokeswoman for Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr., the head of the military’s Indo-Pacific Command, declined to comment on the arms diverted from Asia to the Middle East. Admiral Paparo largely sidestepped the issue of stockpile shortages during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, acknowledging only that “there are finite limits to the magazine.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Putin’s preferred candidate strikes again. America’s enemies couldn’t have asked for a better friend

I don't think he even reads what his debate opponents say. He just block quotes your response and once his hands hit the keyboard, the big feelings take over and you get another wandering diatribe that addresses nothing that you said. Tough to keep your logic consistent and your points straight when there's less than 0.1ms of considerationg between a thought/feeling entering your head and your hands typing it out on a keyboard.

Good to hear... was hoping you were 👍

First off, that was a major violation of fair use. Second, it is not an unnecessary war if the war prevented nuclear holocaust, which it did.

Meh...dont fret. The world thinks these 2 are Tweenkies.

Going off of what's taught in schools is superfluous when there are MANY sources of continuing education. My public school education was woefully incomplete, which is the true source of the propaganda. Very little on the massacres of indigenous and minority ethnic groups. Question EVERYTHING! @herbie Your OP looks like an ad for Lingo Pie.

Sorry about what? The fact remains that Trump is still doing far more than anyone else ever has and is still doing it now and is still fighting in the courts and has been achieving victories all along the way. You know what doesn't work? Trump just doing whatever he wants... then that would be real lawlessness and short-lived.

These left4rds are like a herd of yappy pugs... They can jump around making noise but they have never bitten anything and left a mark.

Right on! Then the next time someone claims their floor crossing was decided after consultation with their constituents..... they'll have to prove it. And democracy wins.

For those who have made up their minds, one study is all they need to prove them right. There are lots of studies... and the social sphere is adjusting on all sides in the worlds of polite company, youth sports, and so on and so on.... Most of us are focused on bigger things. To quote @August1991 ... "we" get along...

I post facts and figures and sources and sometimes even use your sources but the reality is the only way you could mentally cope with being wrong is to deny that. And that's pathetic

You're an excellent googler. A definition is a good start. Now learn to recognize it in study data sets. And statistics.

Lol... you never have anything other than your typical nonsense do you. Pull it out of your áss, say it a few times, and next thing you know it's real and you've 'won' 😂 And yes, I'm sure it was quite affordable for you living in your parents basement back then, and probably today... If you can't back up what your little mind thinks and says, don't spew it 🤡

Don't worry Fxx... Not many come close to approaching your stupidity. You're still the champ big guy and the trophy is yours to keep 🏆

For someone with an obvious lack of intellect, you sure do have a high opinion of yourself in thinking you're always winning with everyone, when you're continually falling flat on your face. Has "Donald" made any news today, or are you checking in on him later? Like all your schtick... lot's of mindless chirping with nothing to back it up. Still waiting on the affordability links. Maybe include them with Carney's $1B expense summary that you also haven't sent yet. LMAO.. little Fxx, what a 🤡

What the hell runs through your head every day... and how do you even function when you get outside of your four walls? I have no idea what you're trying say...

You're welcome. I will still be disgusted by what the Libbies have done and will always oppose their traitorous crap. But if I'm to maintain my honor, I must oppose things my own side does that is also stupid and destructive. This Iran "war" is exactly that. I can go along with the Venezuelan gleep, the Greenland gleep and I actually hope they take and reform Cuba. But this I can't get behind with a clean conscience. It was stupid and from America's standpoint...unnecessary. I think when the dust finally settles, Isreal will be looked upon with disdain throughout most of the world. And the really sad part of it is... They will have deserved it.

It is a characteristic of narcissistic psychopaths to provoke conflicts in order to draw attention to themselves of other. This madman loves having the media talk about him.

Another example of OP headline not matching content provided. 🥴

Goes right over his head. 😆

Back to my question... are you really as stupîd as you appear to be? Having a bad morning Karen...?

A. Carter Page was never charged with any crime, let alone "framed."🙄 B. He absolutely needed to be investigated though. It would be absurd not to keep an eye on someone who was meeting with and being recruited by Russian intelligence. C. Page was under far more investigative scrutiny during the Trump administration than under Obama. Really has nothing to do with Obama.

It underscores the point the we rely on and need immigration to support our economies. Until there is an aptitude and colour test to get into the country it is what it is. Why is showing her hypocritical about-face insulting her? She's telling you want you want to hear... like most politicians.

Groot, which is it.... In 2024 she wrote a letter to Trudeau saying that the immigration levels into Alberta were too low and was asking for more immigration. Now it's problem... wonder why? https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/Premier Smith Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau.pdf Dear Prime Minister: I am writing in response to the letter sent by the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, informing Alberta of its 2024 allocations under the Provincial Nominee Program. With no prior notification, Minister Miller advised that Alberta will not receive any increases in 2024 allocations to nominate future newcomers and temporary workers to become permanent residents and stay in Alberta. I am very concerned with this decision given the adverse impacts it would have on our province’s economy and ability to help Ukrainian evacuees find permanent jobs and futures in Alberta. Over the last year, Alberta has participated in good faith in federal-provincial-territorial consultations on provincial nomination allocations. In September 2023, the Honourable Muhammad Yaseen, Alberta’s Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism, requested a much needed increase in Alberta’s Provincial Nominee Program allocations, including 14,000 in 2024, 14,700 in 2025, and 15,435 in 2026. The revised allocation of 9,750 for 2024 not only falls below this request, but also falls below the 2024 notional allocation of 10,140 previously provided to Alberta by the federal government.

@BeaverFever there is already a thread on this subject about the foolishness of wasting advanced US weapons on Iran.

I didn't say he set up the rally. I said he set up the protest. The protest that was attended by the people he invited with his posts and then helped them get there. You are just blatantly denying what is right in front of you. Fine. Don't read up on it. Live in your fantasy world.

LMAO... so you suggest the bend over approach too, for 'Donald'. BTW, that's cute... Stiff competition, you're a fool... Our trading relationship with the US is solid except where Trump has imposed the high tariffs. That's whats being negotiated. Whatever else they're negotiating, of course you think he'll fail... you want him to. I knew it would be a waste of time throwing common sense at you. Hack away 🤡...

Their "informants" were section klan leaders. Only irrational people buy your bullshit

What happened 47 times... AG's strategy of laying down and giving away the farm?

You are probably former soldiers who have killed children in Iraq and Afghanistan. You should repent. When they hired you, they told you it was to defend your nation, not to attack others.

no rebuttal eh? well. There you go.

You obviously don't and won't be able to understand.... but calling someone crap at negotiating when the outcome of that negotiation hasn't even concluded doesn't make a lot of sense. What are you judging 'crap' on.... giving up the DST that was contentious anyway, or removing counter tariffs that only hurt our cost of goods? It appears that the common sense rule of not agreeing to a deal unless that deal benefits you is difficult to understand, or better said you're willing to admit. Making the logical assumption that the US is asking for more than we're willing to concede tells me Carney's doing the right thing, and is not going to concede anything unless there isn't a trade-off benefit elsewhere. His bad if he put any timelines on a deal (?) but so what... make sure it's the right deal for Canada.

Solution to the Strait of Hormuz problem:

Of course. That's why I keep all these receipts 🤣

🤣 LOL I guess you weren't in Canada at the time, it was a truly heinous act that was all over the news media, who used it to paint the protesters as white supremacist Nazis.

So, all you got is: "Trillion shmillion" "I'm illiterate AF, but I really wanna make fun of other people's intelligence because my mom does it to me all the time", and "If you can't cite specific quotes from Carney to Trudeau in an advisory capacity, then the fact that CBC and the LPoC called Carney "the advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on economic growth and pandemic recovery" doesn't mean anything, and you can never say that Carney was an advisor for Justin Trudeau" Thanks for comin' out, I guess, but FYI those aren't adult answers. The fact still stands that we just left the ENTIRE FAILED TRUDEAU GOV'T IN PLACE, AND SWAPPED HIM OUT FOR HIS EQUALLY WORTHLESS ADVISOR. That's it. The Trudeau & Carney show sucked so bad that they drove away $1 Trillion in investments, and now Carney's economy is in the absolute basement of the G7. No economy is doing as poorly as his economy is. Like I said before: Canadians, collectively, shit our pants for ten years straight, and then changed our shirt. I got a burning question for you Linkie... If you didn't cry when you suddenly found out that our gov't drove away $1T in investment, did you cry when you had to start saying "Carney is better than Trudeau"? Believe me, I know how emotional that must have been for you.

It's not worth the debate because of your preference for the turtle strategy.... but what exactly is it that you don't understand of the US wanting to build all vehicles in their country? Trump described CUSMA as 'irrelevant' and has repeatedly said 'we don't need cars from Canada out Mexico'. Why is this so hard for you to understand... And you admit the industry started it's downhill decline in a big way during Harper's term, but now it's all the liberals and Carney's fault. Do you even know what you're arguing for or against?

So you want yet another Liberal Prime Minister to invoke special emergency powers and mandates - you want the Premiers to be dictated to by the Prime Minister? There's also the environment don't forget...its actually the table when you get right down to it. Not everyone around it is screaming. Like everything in these provinces does. These are not bad things from an environmental perspective. Like I said not everyone is screaming.

Hm... Is the a name for any kind of political system that suppresses science for political purposes? Hm... Hm.... It's on the tip of my tongue.

And yet you blame Carney for not kissing his ass. In the meantime are you suggesting Trump's other tariffs are justified? Yup, your position has to do with your need for shits and giggles. LMAO! You still think Trump sends Ottawa an invoice don't you? It's like you have to kiss your own ass when you're a pretzel. Whatever Carney gave Trump it wasn't the farm or a peck on the cheek. It was actually more like a handful of negotiated concessions. One thing we can all count on for sure is that you'll treat even the slightest conciliatory concession Canada makes as kowtowing, bending the knee, kissing the ass etc etc. It's what pretzels do.

From the article. Blaming America worked to get Carney elected, but the issue of hard-working younger Canadians who can’t get a home, who are poorer, facing more debt and turning to credit to get groceries, is a made-in-Canada problem — and it was made by the Liberals. And everything under the sun was right as rain in the Before Times? LMAO! I've been witness to issues of sustainability and the lack thereof for well over 30 years now. That includes the mismanagement, de-industrialization and economic hollowing out that resulted in people borrowing to pay for necessities. The economic and environmental forces that caused this had, in turn, been in motion for decades. Along with no end of finger pointing in all directions. It's like this all over the world - and you haven't seen anything yet.

Same. And I have never had covid. The best part of being a conspiracy theorist is not having myocarditis.

That's hurtful and untrue

I can't see the links... did you forget to attach?

100 % right , but this is Carneys promise to get it done, He should be dragging in the primers and setting the tone...Stop letting him off the hook....and then their is the voters, with the amount of money on the table we should all be screaming to get this done.....but like everything in this country it will take decades

You're a freaking phyco who's Brain is gone Brain is gone Brain is gone Brain is gone Brain is gone Brain is gone

I'm guessing your approach to life is that the government should help pay your way... Lol... liberal boomers are different than conservative or NDP boomers right. I told you.... I understand the cost of living and can appreciate it's not easy, like it wasn't easy for us trying to raise a family. I have young 30's children who are raising families and paying the cost of living like everyone, yet don't bîtch even remotely close to what you do. They'd even tell you to STFU... 😂 And yes... if your job doesn't pay you enough to support your financial commitments, find a job that does, find another source of income, or reevaluate your financial commitments to see what you can do without. That's life....always has been and always will be.

I live in the same country and pay the same as you idi0ts do at the pump, grocery stores, and anywhere else. I know what the cost of living is but the difference is that I don't cry and complain about it every day like you do. It is what it is... Go talk to your employer about your lack of wage increases, or find another job if you can't make ends meet. Either that, or change your ends...

You prove with each post how inept and stunned you are... You simply ignore facts if they don't suit your narrative. In Canada, home and auto insurance are regulated primarily at the provincial and territorial level, not federally. Provincial regulation (the main authority) Each province has its own regulator that oversees: Licensing of insurers and brokers Consumer protection rules Approval of auto insurance rates (in many provinces) Policy standards and coverage requirements For example: In British Columbia: BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) regulates insurers, while basic auto insurance is provided by Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). In Ontario: Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) handles oversight. In Alberta: Alberta Superintendent of Insurance is responsible. Federal role (limited but important) The federal government regulates insurance companies from a financial stability perspective, not consumer-level policy rules. The key body is: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) OSFI ensures insurers are: Financially sound Adequately capitalized Managed prudently Bottom line Home insurance: Fully provincial regulation Auto insurance: Provincial (with some provinces running public systems like BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Federal government: Oversees insurer solvency, not day-to-day consumer rules I got $15 from simple math.... $188 / 12 = $15.67 so my bad on not rounding up. An extra $16 p/m... I can see why people may sell their homes with that kind of cost increase. Again not sure what your nonsensical comment of boomers has to do with this, but there is a complex mix of reasons of why North American women have been having less children the past 20 years. Economic pressures, cultural shifts, and personal choices are all part and parcel.

Every article based on any objective measures will point to American trade policy/tariffs being the main reason for the downturn in Canada’s economy. It’s going to be painful for years to come. To claim otherwise is delusional. As if we can tweak some red tape and Canada will be back on the economic track that it had been. Pure rightwing fantasy.