Contrary to President Donald Trump’s repeated denials that the US is experiencing shortages, the inspector general of the US defence department claims that the war with Iran has resulted in “shortfalls” of ammunition and a backlog in resupply. According to Trump, the US possesses “virtually unlimited” supplies of munitions, and any information to the contrary is “fake news”. However, the independent watchdog claimed that “strategic inventory shortfalls” resulted from US spending over $22 billion on weapons between February and June.
The White House has been contacted by the BBC over the disparity. The new research offers an unprecedented, impartial look at US weapons stockpiles, information that is normally classified. The shortages in the US have been described as serious in earlier estimations. In order to stop oncoming Iranian attacks, US forces have spent enormous amounts of money on air and missile defences as well as long-range ground attack systems throughout the conflict. According to a late July estimate from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, stockpiles of some interceptors, such the Patriot missile and Terminal High Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, were severely reduced, sometimes by more than half.
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