US EditionAllies Fear Iran War Will Leave Them Without Weapons
U.S. use of precision missiles in Iran is straining global munitions supply chains and stockpiles, prompting allies to seek new suppliers and production increases.
- Defense Department officials told Congress this week that the U.S. military is expending 'an enormous amount' of munitions, prompting alarm among allies and lawmakers like Sen. Mitch McConnell who warned Wednesday the military is 'not prepared' to deter both Russia and China.
- U.S. forces have employed high rates of precision strike missiles and interceptors, intensifying demand while weapons production runs through bottlenecked supply chains, raising allied concerns over prioritizing Taiwan, Israel, and Europe.
- Industry officials say primes are challenged to meet demand, with fired systems including Tomahawk land-attack missiles, Patriot PAC-3 interceptors, and Navy ship-launched air defenses, after defense executives pledged to quadruple 'Exquisite Class' production on Friday.
- The European Union has moved to favor its own arms-makers, Poland has bought tanks from South Korea instead of U.S. defense contractors, and officials warn a U.S.-Israel war could widen rifts.
- A Washington-based Asian diplomat warned the U.S. may need to mobilize foreign assets, and Trump's claim of a 'virtually unlimited supply' has not eased allies' concerns about regional readiness.
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(Paris = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = As the United States wages war with Iran, it is expending its weapons too quickly, leading to a shortage of American weapons among its allies...
The US arsenal is described as the best in the world. But now reports are emerging that the Pentagon is starting to run out of key military equipment. “After the war, there will have been a significant depletion of the best weapons,” says military analyst Jennifer Kavanagh.
European and Asian countries associated with the United States are concerned that the Pentagon consumes so much ammunition in the war of the Middle East that it will no longer have any reason to send the weapon they ordered, wrote Politico. The Trup administration has put great political pressure on its allies to make them budgets...
The US allies are surprised how the Pentagon redirects weapons to the war in Iran, governments in Europe and Asia becoming angry and worried that the weapons that the US has asked them to buy will no longer be within their possession...
Allies fear Iran war will leave them without US weapons they bought
American allies are watching in disbelief as the Pentagon reroutes weapon shipments to aid the Iran war, angry and scared that arms the U.S. demanded they buy will never reach them. European nations that have struggled to rebuild arsenals after sending weapons to Ukraine fear they won’t be able to ward off a Russian attack. Asian allies, startled by America’s rate of fire, question whether it could embolden China and North Korea. And even in the…
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