President Donald Trump addresses journalists while leaving the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
President Donald Trump recently stated that the United States possesses “tremendous amounts of inventory” globally, asserting that “we have more than we’ve ever had.”
“We’re fully equipped and prepared at this moment.” “We have over twice as much as we had at the beginning,” Trump stated in reply to a reporter’s inquiry before leaving the White House today.
He condemned his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for supplying Ukraine with American arms.
Xenix News disclosed last month that the US military has markedly reduced its inventory of essential missiles amid the conflict with Iran, resulting in a “near-term risk” of exhausting ammunition in any potential future conflict, as per experts and three individuals knowledgeable about recent internal assessments by the Defense Department.
According to a recent analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, this is the extent to which the US stockpile has been used over the past seven weeks of conflict:
No less than 45% of its inventory of Precision Strike Missiles
At least 50% of its stockpile of THAAD missiles, specifically meant to engage ballistic missiles.
Almost 50% of its inventory of Patriot air defense interceptor missiles
These figures closely match classified Pentagon information regarding US stockpiles, as per sources familiar with the evaluation. Earlier this year, the Pentagon finalized multiple contracts aimed at boosting missile production, yet the timeline for delivering replacements for these systems remains three to five years, even with the enhanced capacity, according to CSIS experts and sources.