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- **Posted:** 2026-04-24T18:01:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

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There is a rising concern about the status of some US munitions inventories amid reports emerging about high expenditures of Tomahawks, Patriots, and other missiles in the Iran war.⁣
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With Operation Epic Fury paused during a fragile ceasefire, latest analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) looked at whether the US military is close to running out of ammunition.⁣
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The CSIS experts analyzed seven key munitions and concluded that the United States has enough missiles to continue fighting this war under any plausible scenario.⁣
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However, the risk, one that will endure for many years, lies in future conflicts.⁣
Since the start of the war on 28 February, US forces heavily used seven key munitions: Tomahawks, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), Standard Missiles 3 and 6 (SM-3/SM-6), Terminal High Altitude Area Defenses (THAAD) and Patriots.⁣
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In some cases, the US military may have used more than half of its prewar stockpiles, according to the CSIS.⁣
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Restoring the seven munitions to prewar levels is estimated to take between one and four years, as missiles already in production are delivered.⁣
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These systems are said to be essential in any potential conflict in the Western Pacific.⁣
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Even before the Iran war, inventories were considered insufficient for a large-scale fight against a peer adversary.⁣
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That gap has now widened, and rebuilding stockpiles to adequate levels will take even longer.⁣
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