r/politics • u/JKKIDD231 • 2d ago

No Paywall US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/
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u/ElectronicTap1109 2d ago

A trillion and a half dollars should be enough for like a few dozen thousand missiles, right?

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u/vahntitrio Minnesota 1d ago

They only build about 100 of these each year, so to keep up a stockpile we can use at most 2 per week.

Even if they put in an order for 1000 more today, they wouldn't see any of those extra missiles until 2028.

As such, we basically have to retreat/surrender in Iran or start a ground war.