The United States “possesses enormous quantities of ‘munitions,’ particularly of certain types,” and “large quantities are produced and shipped to the United States as needed.” After American media reports on the pressures of the war on Iran on US arsenals and equipment, starting with interceptor missiles at “dangerously low” levels, President Donald Trump relies on his social Truth to deny all the alarms, including reconstructions that would see Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth as the direct target of his wrath. «Defense sector companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in the history of our country. Those responsible for these treasonous statements” on the scarcity of available missiles «are hunted down. Long prison sentences will be required!,” the president wrote in a morning post.
While in the afternoon he spoke again in favor of the head of the Department of Defense: «Fake news, as usual, is spreading false and completely unfounded rumors. I am extremely satisfied with the work that Pete Hegseth is doing. Everything was extraordinary, including our attack on Venezuela. Likewise, the situation with Iran is progressing very well! Trump’s frustration with the war against Iran exploded last week when the president asked Hegseth for explanations about the serious shortage of American missiles, the Washington Post reconstructed, according to two informed sources. Instead, according to CNN, due to the conflict in the Middle East, the United States has used almost 80% of its reserves of Thaad interceptor missiles and almost half of the Patriots. An analysis, the latter, branded by Hegseth as fake news. But according to the Washington Post, last Friday, on the sidelines of the government meeting at Camp David, Trump expressed his disappointment in no uncertain terms. The sources said shortages of long-range missiles and air defense interceptors contributed to Trump’s decision in recent days to forego launching new large-scale strikes against Tehran. Hegseth defended himself by attributing responsibility to his deputy, Stephen Feinberg. When asked about the clash, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt called the story “100% fake news.”
“President Trump has the utmost confidence in Secretary Hegseth,” he said. According to the concordant reconstructions of various media, the United States used practically all its stocks of Atacms and Precision Strike Missiles during Operation Epic Fury, the phase which ran from the end of February to April. But the biggest concerns, according to military sources, concern the number of Patriot and Thaad interceptors, used at a rate far exceeding the rate at which the industry is able to replace them. A July report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), for example, estimated that, before the start of the war, the United States had 2,330 Patriots, a figure that fell to a range between 759 and 827 units at the end of July, while before the conflict the US had 452 Thaad interceptors, which dropped to 234-278 as of July 27. And we may have to wait until at least mid-2029 to restore pre-war levels for both systems. Meanwhile, pending the formalization of the agreement between Iran and Oman on the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the northern and southern corridors will be closed, Fars News reported, based on Tehran sources. Furthermore, all maritime traffic “will subsequently flow into the central corridor: Iran will manage the entry, while Iran and Oman will jointly manage the exit”. While talks between Israel and Lebanon continue in Rome, dozens of soldiers from the Yemeni government forces died in a missile attack by Houthi rebels in the center of the country.