{"id":52408,"date":"2026-08-05T08:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=52408"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:08:25","slug":"us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/us-has-used-virtually-all-of-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"US has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reuters<\/strong> :\u00a0 The U.S. Army has used up much of its global stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, \u200baccording to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts.<\/p>\n

The missiles are principally the Army’s surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM). The U.S. \u200chas used “virtually all” of these weapons, according to two of the sources.<\/p>\n

The degree to which the military is running out of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles has not been previously reported.<\/p>\n

The long-range munitions \u2013 which cost more than $1 million each \u2013 are an important part of the military’s arsenal, allowing accurate strikes from a safe distance. U.S.-supplied ATACMS have played a key role in the war in Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian forces to attack targets inside Russia. The PrSM is a newer, more advanced generation that will replace the ATACMS, which have a shorter range.<\/p>\n

The dramatic rundown in precision, long-range missiles means U.S. President Donald Trump may \u200bhave to rely more on riskier, piloted bombing missions if he relaunches large-scale attacks on Iran.The sources declined to say how many of each munition the U.S. had left.<\/p>\n

Trump launched the Iran war jointly with Israel in February, predicting \u200bthat the conflict would last a short time.<\/p>\n

But as the war drags on, the three people familiar with the matter expressed worry that the falling missile supplies could limit the U.S. ability \u2060to deter adversaries, including Russia and China.<\/p>\n

A fourth person familiar with the matter said that despite the high usage of precision weapons, the U.S. can resupply. Central Command \u2014 which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East \u2014 has been able to reload from U.S. military \u200bsupplies around the world, the person said.<\/p>\n

The sources interviewed for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity.
\nAsked for comment on the stockpile data, the White House issued a statement from Trump, saying the U.S. had \u201cfar more munitions than anyone in the world” and “far \u200bmore than we need.”<\/p>\n

‘I have many dreams and the first dream to me is that I want to help my last family.’<\/p>\n

“Our defense companies are, at this moment, making more munitions than they have ever made before, in addition to expanding their plants and equipment at record levels,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

Analysts agree that certain munitions, including artillery shells and several types of missiles, are being produced at record levels but caution that supplies might fall short of what is needed for a prolonged war.<\/p>\n

Lockheed Martin, which makes the ATACMS and PrSMs, along with the anti-ballistic missile THAAD system, did not immediately respond to questions about Trump’s statements or about supply levels. Raytheon, which makes Tomahawk missiles and Patriot interceptors, two \u200bimportant U.S. weapons, also did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n

Responding to a request for comment, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said: \u201cAmerica\u2019s military is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President\u2019s choosing. We \u200bhave executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the U.S. military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reuters :\u00a0 The U.S. Army has used up much of its global stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, \u200baccording to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts. The missiles are principally the Army’s surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52411,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions\/52411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}