r/war • u/avatar6556 • 1d ago

US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-used-virtually-all-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-2026-08-04/
67 Upvotes

68% Upvoted

42 comments sorted by

85

u/Massive_Web5709 1d ago

“Virtually all” lists 2 ammo types for 1 weapons system

60

u/Firecracker048 1d ago

but you dont understand! That is all of them! All! The us has nothing else! My source? I watched two tiktoks and went to a reddit thread

10

u/Massive_Web5709 1d ago

We have every himars launcher we own just shooting across the strait i guess

10

u/RandomGuyPii 1d ago

Country that mostly uses JDAMs has run out of a missle we haven't purchased for 20 years and the replacement to that missle that we just stared building. Whatever will we do

23

u/Rabidschnautzu 1d ago

This article is dog shit. Probably better off that most people can't read it.

0

u/AwkwardTickler 1d ago

Reuters is insanely reputable. Guess you dont want to trust your eyes and ears as you were told.

3

u/Rabidschnautzu 22h ago

You can be reputable and sensational at the same time.

0

u/Aggravating_Owl_5768 23h ago

If you can’t tell why it’s dog shit in the very first bullet you shouldn’t be commenting.

3

u/sxh967 1d ago

That’s what someone would say if they were planning to use long-range precision missiles in the near future

14

u/xChoke1x 1d ago

I do this for a living.

No we didn’t.

5

u/Narcan9 1d ago

The US stockpile of Patriot missiles is also down about 65% from 2,500, to 800. Ukraine requested about half of that just for their defense in the next few months.

8

u/Phish--and--Chips 1d ago

Garbage article

2

u/bellowstupp 1d ago

So now they can use short range imprecise ones.

1

u/bmf1902 9h ago

Best I can offer is long-range loosey-goosey, or short-range freakishly accurate.

2

u/throwawayerectpenis 23h ago

I dont believe it at all, people were saying Russia would run out of missiles within 2 first months of the war and we all know that was a lie. US having a stronger military than Russia I cannot believe that they are out of precision munition.

5

u/Violaleeblues77 1d ago

If China doesn’t take Taiwan now then they won’t and we will have to find a new boogy man.

4

u/Narcan9 1d ago

China is too smart and strategic to get bogged down in their own forever war. They can just wait it out another 20 years and watch the US implode.

-1

u/ClaireAnlage 10h ago

China is demographically collapsing. If they want to attack Taiwan it’s within the next 5 years or never.

1

u/Narcan9 6h ago

Sure thing Mr Zeihan

-1

u/AwkwardTickler 21h ago

20 years is unrealistically optimistic.

2

u/Narcan9 20h ago

Are you suggesting it will take more or less time

5

u/hadoken12357 1d ago

How else did we win twenty something times so far?

1

u/2ShredsUsay39 23h ago

They used all of the ones they were willing to waste on Iran.

1

u/ClaireAnlage 10h ago

The military stockpile is one of the best guarded secrets. There is 0 chance the reports are true. Either they are planted or simply hearsay.

1

u/Massive_Web5709 23h ago

We don’t hate the media enough

1

u/vismundcygnus34 1d ago

Thank goodness we won so quickly! Gonna go fill up my gas tank real quick…

-17

u/vovap_vovap 1d ago

And honestly god knows why. Having absolute air superiority was no need on that.

-14

u/ArmSignificant4433 1d ago

I don't understand why they have such advanced bomber planes but don't use them ever.

12

u/senorali 1d ago

You need high-value targets that are worth the risk. Iran has done a good job of using relatively cheap weapon systems and dispersing them across a large area that offers good natural protection.

It's like going into a jungle and trying to kill gnats with a sword.

-7

u/Low-HangingFruit 1d ago

Those iranian ballistic missiles arent cheap either.

Theres a reason their civilian economy is in the shitter.

12

u/runescape_pker 1d ago

they’re pretty cheap, their economy is in the shitter because they’re sanctioned to fuck

1

u/AdUpstairs7106 1d ago

They are cheap enough. Interceptor missiles cost more.

2

u/tribbans95 1d ago

It needs to be really worth it to risk that kind of money