US watchdog tallies Iran war’s hit to weapons stockpiles, military bases and morehttps://apnews.com/article/iran-war-damage-pentagon-inspector-general-87cbe4e2ac208a849cd1554c4bb44bbfWASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government watchdog released its first report Monday on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military’s advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.Much of the information has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general’s report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict’s costs in American lives, taxpayer dollars and physical damage. It included information from the watchdogs for the Defense and State departments as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development.The report, whose publication was first reported by NBC News, noted that the U.S. war with Iran “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply” in regard to advanced weapons. Experts have previously said it will take about three years for military contractors to replenish advanced missiles and defensive missile interceptors to prewar levels.The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back against reports of any munitions shortage, saying the U.S. military has all the weapons it needs to fight any conflict. President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday that the U.S. is “producing more Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History.”“They are being delivered on a daily basis to our Forces in the Middle East, and beyond,” he wrote.
>Iran destroyed hundreds of buildings at US basesThe watchdog report, which covers April 1 to June 30, also acknowledged that Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and other structures at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.It noted that the U.S. naval base in Bahrain, a Navy logistics hub in the region, was targeted with Iranian drones and ballistic missiles. U.S. Central Command had to shift to supply lines to alternate hubs that were much farther away, including Diego Garcia, a U.S.-U.K. base on an island in the Indian Ocean. It required “14- to 18-day logistics cycles” to support operations in the Middle East, the report said.Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao acknowledged in an interview with The Epoch Times last week that “they blew the hell out of Bahrain” and said he has a task force looking into whether the Navy would need to repair the base in Bahrain to sustain its forces in the region.Dozens of American aircraft and drones also were destroyed or damaged by Iran, including the destruction of as many as 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones that cost around $30 million apiece, the report said. Seven KC-135 refueling aircraft were damaged or destroyed, including five that were struck by Iranian munitions while on the ground in Saudi Arabia.Another KC-135 crashed in Iraq, killing six service members, following a collision with another KC-135. Those deaths, and the death of a pilot of a helicopter that crashed into the Arabian Sea, are listed as occurring during non-hostile events. Eleven other service members are listed as “killed in action” in Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
>State Department details costs of damage to diplomatic facilitiesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress in late July that the war had cost $37.5 billion so far.The costs in physical damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities, however, had not been previously publicly released. Such outposts in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were damaged by Iranian strikes, with an estimated cost of $184 million, according to the report. The State Department reported in early June that its other costs from the conflict came to $113 million, with nearly $80 million used to respond to contingency plans, including evacuation expenses for U.S. personnel and their families as well as other American citizens and eligible third-country nationals.The State Department reported that in the weeks and months after the U.S. and Israel first struck Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration evacuated about 9,000 U.S. citizens from countries in the Middle East and Europe. Through private and commercial flights as well as land and water travel, the cost of the department’s evacuation operation was more than $11 million as of late June.“State determined that consular officers would not be able to fully document travel itineraries required to seek reimbursement from evacuees and therefore it would be impracticable to seek reimbursement from them,” the report states.The majority of the evacuations were made from Israel, with Iraq and Jordan following shortly behind. While the U.S. only evacuated 1,200 Americans from the United Arab Emirates, those trips to Istanbul, Athens and Washington cost the most, at more than $4 million.The State Department reported that more than $44 billion in emergency and non-emergency military sales also were made in that span of time, with the majority of sales going to Saudi Arabia. Sales included military helicopters, munitions and munitions support as well as advanced precision weapons system.
Other regional countries, including Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Israel, also received billions in sales, as Iran retaliated against nearly every country in the region that hosted a U.S. military base.
How the fuck does the largest arms dealer in human history run out of missiles
This is fake news and literally Iranian propaganda. I trust our President to see us through these difficult times that Obama's disasterous nuclear deal created
Iran can not be allowed to threaten the world with their Islamic fundamentalism armed with nukes. This is a small price to pay ... If it's even true. Which it probably isn't. They're lying about the economy and fuel prices as well
>>1537036>AP>Nazi news sourceWow just wow.
>>1537053By replacing all the competent generals with ideologically aligned lackeys, like Trump and Hegseth did>>1537054>>1537055you are shills>>1537056you are a shitposting shill
>>1537062AP literally collaborated with Nazis, asshole
>>1537062Lol general Troonstick McGee says hi
>>1537036>fire everyone in the military who had looked at the Ukraine drone war and realized that WAR HAS CHANGED and massive changes are necessary>replace them with yes-men who think they can just carry on like they always have and ungabunga through anything with enough missiles>end up deadlocked in the most retarded war in decades partly because the other side mass-produces drones and knows how to use themTo think this is the same military that not so long ago was known for their inescapable drone strikes. Craziest part is that Hegseth sleeps at night.
>>1537170But we need to trash our top of the line fighter plane launching systems on our ships to older, less efficient and heavier models because Trump prefers the aesthetic of the old ones.
If the US can run out of missiles fighting Iran, then the US are gonna be completely fucked taking on China
>>1537170Literally the only thing that matters is that there are no more foreigners or leftists in the military in a position to cause more damage to proper Americans when we gas all of them or forcibly deport them. Everything else is just a matter of incentives, training and procurement and none of that will be ironed out during peace time.
>>1537177You're not even American, why do you care?
It's called The Art of War. President Trump is a huge fan of the book, going so far as naming his own book after it. "Appear weak when you are strong"Clearly if he is publicly signally American weakness and allowing it to be released to the media, than it obviously means that we must have immense stockpiles left. The Chinese know this too, they know of the works of Sun Tzu and won't fall for this trap and will remain passive, they know that if we are telling them we are weak, it's only because we want them to attack now while we are concealing our great strength. Basic psychological warfare.
>>1537036>missile stockpiles are classified information>but I know we're running out
>>1537190There's a physical limit to how many missiles one can have in storage, fire, and transport at a time.
>>1537190Indeed. Democoons are giving Iran hope.
>>1537195>Indeed. Democoons are giving Iran hope.The iranians knew they won this war the second it was started by the absolute dumbest administration this world has seen in at least the past 50 years.
>>1537203Proof Iran is winning? No, MSM Iranian propaganda isn't proof.
>>1537215proof your mother doesn't regret you?
>>1537215Strait’s closed, Trump’s sending his boytoys to negotiate, Iran isn’t backing down at all.
>>1537216ESL shill's mom framed the abortion receipt and grieves that it didn't take
>>1537215>Proof Iran is winning?America is losing. That's all the proof you need.
>>1537215If you don't trust the MSM, why are you on /news/? /x/ may be more your speed.
>>1537192And do you know what that physical limit is? No? Then stop making shit news articles about something you know nothing about - impossible as that may be.
>>1537236you're projecting again
>>1537036How are the fascists THIS bad at war? I thought they were supposed to be great?
>>1537281They just say they're great, but they're really shit
>>1537281They lied. They're fascists.
