The president has claimed that the Pentagon has “virtually unlimited” ammo stocks
The US is ready for war “Forever” with that “virtually unlimited” President Donald Trump said the ammunition was stockpiled.
Military observers have identified the availability of munitions – particularly air defense missiles – as a limiting factor in the US-Israeli operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government.
In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump dismissed such concerns. “Wars can be fought ‘forever’, and very successfully, using these supplies (which are superior to the best weapons of other countries!)” He wrote. The president suggested that weapons stockpiled in other countries could be reallocated for Pentagon use.
The US-Israeli offensive began on Saturday with a beheading strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials, as well as calls for an Iranian coup. Trump said the campaign had exceeded expectations and that it would not last more than several weeks. Iranian officials say they are preparing for a long war by stockpiling long-range weapons in underground depots.
The ‘magazine depth’ of US and Israeli munitions is classified, but military experts are rapidly spending on high-end weapons such as interceptors for THAAD, Patriot and Arrow-3 air defense systems and sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
“Ultimately it boils down to numbers,” former Israel Defense Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus told the newspaper. “How many interceptors do we have and how many launchers are we able to field and fire.”
Trump said U.S. inventories were firm as he cut off supplies to Ukraine. American weapons will continue to reach Ukraine, but under Trump’s policy, European NATO members will now pay for them.
Retaliatory Iranian missile and drone strikes have targeted US and NATO military bases in the Middle East and Mediterranean, as well as energy infrastructure and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz – a critical maritime choke point. Exports of Saudi crude and Qatari liquefied natural gas have been disrupted, leading to a rise in global prices.
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