The Iran war has burned through roughly two-thirds of U.S. Patriot missile stocks and most long-range attack missiles — and given how defense-industrial capacity works, replacing them isn't a matter of months, it's years. With Taiwan tensions simmering in the background, is the U.S. now dangerously exposed in the Pacific precisely when deterrence matters most, or is the stockpile drawdown being overstated?
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Stockpile numbers in this piece were more alarming than I expected
Feels like this conversation happens every few years and nothing changes