Prominent international media outlets have reported an unprecedented and alarming decline in the United States’ missile stockpiles, warning that reserves have reached a “dangerous level.”
Kabul 24: According to leaked intelligence and news briefs, intense and prolonged military engagements involving Iran have severely strained the U.S. Military’s arsenals, expending a massive portion of the Pentagon’s most advanced defensive and offensive precision weaponry.
This critical shortage has sparked deep concern among defense analysts regarding Washington’s capability to simultaneously deter or counter near-peer crises in other global theaters.
In a striking report citing military sources, CNN revealed that the United States military has burned through nearly 80 percent of its interceptor inventory for the highly advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system.
As a cornerstone of the U.S. defense umbrella against ballistic threats, the THAAD infrastructure is now grappling with severe deficits in active ready-to-launch interceptors. Concurrently, CBS News disclosed an even direr scenario concerning offensive capabilities; during the kinetic escalation with Iran, Washington utilized nearly its entire domestic supply of long-range precision-guided munitions, effectively draining its premier strategic weapon storehouses.
These high-profile media revelations prompted an immediate and firm pushback from senior defense leadership in Washington.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense formally denied the metrics presented in the CNN report during an urgent press briefing, asserting that the combat readiness and air defense posture of the United States armed forces remain fully capable of protecting national interests and regional allies.
However, independent military experts suggest that the Pentagon’s public denials are primarily intended to maintain psychological deterrence, as the domestic defense industrial base lacks the capacity to rapidly manufacture and replenish such complex, high-cost missile technologies in the short term, presenting a notable mid-term vulnerability to U.S. national security.
