An extended US military campaign in Iran could be constrained by a munitions shortage.
  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 months ago

    Planes falling out of the sky, no munitions, and the two guys running the war are unqualified TV hosts.

    This is fine. Everything is fine.

  • KnitWit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    I’ve seen this reported several times now, and it feels like it’s a misdirection, although I can’t figure out what the reason would be. In terms of US bombing campaigns, this really hasn’t been that large so far and this came up on day 1. Improper planning aside, we have more munitions than that.

    They keep pointing out that it’s Interceptor missiles we’re short on, and mostly due to that one big day after Oct 7, but that was 18 months ago. Even so, there is a huge stockpile of offensive munitions.

    I wonder if this is some sort of ploy to push for going harder from the get go because ‘we have to finish this before we rub out of defensive capabilities.’ Also lays the groundwork for why we had to drop a nuke or some other large scale bomb since everyone has been hearing that we’re low on other munitions.

    • marcos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I dunno if it’s true, but before the attack several people were complaining that the Yemen campaign left the US stocks low.

  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
    9·
    2 months ago

    An extended US military campaign in Iran could be constrained by a munitions shortage

    Lot of ifs for something that the US is known to prioritize above all else. What affordable food? Sorry, got to make missiles.

  • grimpy@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    true bummer that the GOP won’t be able to obliterate all the people they would like to obliterate like right now