Iran war depletes US missile stocks, raises concerns over readiness for China

The US Army has used up most of its stockpile of long-range precision missiles as per an exclusive report by Reuters citing three people familiar with the data. This reporting has raised serious concerns as to whether the US has military preparedness for conflict with countries like China.The weapons in question are primarily the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and the newer Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), two land-based systems designed to hit targets accurately from long distances. Two sources told Reuters that the military had used "virtually all" of its stock of the missiles, although they declined to disclose how many remain.A fourth source said US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, had nearly exhausted the land-based missiles available to it when the war began.