The US fired over $22 billion in munitions fighting Iran and created stockpile shortages in the process, watchdog finds
A Pentagon watchdog report reveals that the US military spent over $22 billion on munitions during the conflict with Iran, leading to strategic inventory shortages. While the Pentagon is working to streamline procurement, experts warn that these expenditures have created bottlenecks in the industrial base.
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The report highlights the high financial and logistical costs of modern conflict and the potential risks to national defense readiness.
US forces expended more than $22 billion in weapons fighting Iran, a new Pentagon watchdog report revealed. US Navy photo The US military fired $22 billion in weapons fighting Iran, a new watchdog report has found. The high expenditure rate has created shortages of strategic munitions. Experts have warned that the US could find itself insufficiently armed for a future conflict. US forces fired more than $22 billion in munitions fighting Iran this year, draining critical weapons stockpiles in the process, a new Defense Department watchdog report says. The Pentagon inspector general's report, which was published Monday evening, estimated the cost of Operation Epic Fury , which began on February 28, to be $33.4 billion as of June 29. That tally includes $22.3 billion for expended munitions.
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