NYT: US weapons stockpiles depleted by Iran war

“Since the collapse of munitions stockpiles, it was revealed that the Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby has been tasked with drafting a new strategy that emphasises the use of tactical nuclear weapons in any war with China or Russia.”

We’re going to lose Taiwan and Poland thanks to the orange idiot. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...

Russia and China are taking note of the fact that the US military is now in the hands of inept incompetents.

Yet again, if our adversaries had actually installed a puppet president they couldn’t have done better. The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...

I’m surprised MAGA isn’t celebrating this news. “See, Trump didn’t get us into a forever war!” He destroyed the U.S. military in less than six months. And he destroyed healthcare, food safety, science, and the economy at the same time. He really is an overachiever.

"the cost of the war doesn’t end when the last shot is fired. Veterans will draw care and disability payments for decades. Historically, these costs don’t peak until 30 to 40 years after a war ends. Meanwhile, US weapons stockpiles will need replenishing"

Not only did Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth lose the Iran War, but they blew our collective missile wad in the process. And what do we have to show for it? Billions wasted, a weakened U.S. military, dead Iranian schoolgirls, and Iran in control of the Strait of Hormuz. abcnews.com/Politics/cru...

The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u... #USDemocracy #ProudBlue Pete Hegseth has wasted our munitions stockpiles in Iran and the Caribbean Of course Russia and China have taken notice. They know we are vulnerable to attack

“It’s impossible for that not to have a significant effect on the decision calculus of Russia and China,” Tom Karako, who tracks weapons used, told the Times. “They may do something quite deliberate and at the time of their choosing, because keep in mind — we’re going to take years to reconstitute.”

Donald Trump insists the US has an “unlimited supply” of missiles. But restrictions on materials and depleted stockpiles tell a different story.

„On balance, the US will be in a weapons’ deficit for at least a decade. The lack of enough military supplies will severely compromise US security policy in the years ahead. If key allies are unable, unwilling or too slow in building up their own stockpiles, critical alliances will be compromised…“

Reports indicate the U.S. military is running so dangerously low on stockpiles of long-range weapons that it doesn't have enough to combat a threat in Asia, following months of conflict with Iran, squandering its strategic advantage, with Trump now boxed in. www.snopes.com/news/2026/08...

MAGA world beliefs are consistent with Schrödinger”s theories. Reality for MAGA can exist in two seemingly contradictory & exclusive states, simultaneously. A. US weapons stockpiles are absolutely NOT depleted B. Biden is the cause of them being depleted.

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u... The result is a significant erosion of American firepower in those regions, a shift with long-term implications that are a growing concern in the military and intelligence communities. Just imagine the freak out at Faux newspeak fraudcasting if Biden had done this.

> ... Before the war began, Caine and other military leaders similarly warned Trump that a protracted military campaign could impact US weapons stockpiles ... Did that dumb fuck moron #Trump listen? .. no .. he was claiming that Iran was "obliterated" within the week in the start of his war ..