Iran war leaves US facing munitions shortfall, Pentagon watchdog warns

The report said the war had resulted in ‘strategic inventory shortfalls’ and exposed ‘industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply’. It covers the conflict through June 30 and provides one of the clearest official assessments yet of the pressure the war has placed on US weapons stocks.

New Delhi: A Pentagon watchdog has confirmed that the Iran war has depleted US stocks of advanced munitions and exposed bottlenecks in the defence supply chain, challenging Trump administration claims that American weapons supplies remain virtually unlimited.

War exposes US weapons shortage

The US military is facing shortages of key advanced munitions after months of fighting with Iran, while defence manufacturers face bottlenecks that are slowing efforts to replenish depleted stocks, according to a Pentagon watchdog........

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