[Disclaimer: I am in no way super knowledgeable about the military. I know some from my brother, the retired Marine, so it’s peripherally, and I’ve learned a WHOLE LOT from Pz’s Denis. Any mistakes are mine.]
This has been mentioned before, and the powers that be *still* aren’t thinking about the problem. They’re throwing away money hand over fist and are not considering the consequences. There are going to be some rather big consequences. With appreciation for Raw Story:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Operation Epic Fury” is draining America’s precision missile arsenal at a rate that has triggered serious alarms inside the Pentagon, according to the Washington Post. In just four weeks of war with Iran, the U.S. military has fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles — a staggering burn rate that has prompted urgent internal Pentagon discussions about ammunition replenishment and the crippling strategic consequences.
Yep, Petey Boy loves his “bombs”. “We negotiate with bombs.” Holy cow, if you just divide 850 by 28, that’s 30 bombs PER DAY. That’s stunning. And if they’re throwing that many around, why haven’t we done anything appreciable in Iran? (And of course, we do NOT appreciate bombing a girl’s school.) That part makes no sense to me. I must be missing something. What did they hit?
The Tomahawk has been the backbone of American military operations since its combat debut during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. These missiles are prized for their ability to travel more than 1,000 miles, eliminating the need to send pilots into heavily defended airspace.
But there’s a critical problem — only a few hundred are manufactured annually, meaning the global supply is severely limited and not easily replenished. The frantic pace of consumption has forced the Navy to conduct emergency resupply operations at sea — a capability that has only recently been developed. Each destroyer carries dozens of these massive weapons, 20 feet long and weighing about 3,500 pounds each.
Pentagon officials are sounding the alarm in private. One official characterized the remaining Tomahawk supply in the Middle East as “alarmingly low.” Another used military slang to describe the dire situation: the Pentagon is approaching “Winchester” — military terminology for running out of ammunition — for Tomahawk missiles in the Middle East.
Ouch, ouch, and ouch again! Dang, folks, who failed in thinking? Who didn’t listen to the military about this? Why do I have a feeling that Petey Boy doesn’t give a damn about how much we’ve used and wants our people to keep firing? We *cannot* keep up this rate with only being able to make a few hundred a *year*!! It’s going to suck when we run out. I don’t know what else can be used. I don’t know if there *is* something else that can be used, and I’m worried. And how is the military feeling about all this?
The strategic implications are staggering. Heavy reliance on Tomahawks in the Iran conflict will force Pentagon planners into painful choices — whether to relocate missiles from other critical regions, including the Indo-Pacific, and whether to launch an expensive long-term manufacturing surge. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, laid out the grim mathematics. If the military has indeed fired more than 800 Tomahawks against Iran, “that would be about a quarter of the total inventory and would leave a large gap for a conflict in the Western Pacific.” His think tank estimates the Navy possessed approximately 3,100 Tomahawks when the war began a month ago. “It would take several years to replenish,” Cancian warned.
Goldarn and dadgum, ya THINK? What a mess. And what a choice! All for “Hegseth’s war”. Stupidity and thoughtlessness abound from Dumb McNamara. We’re in trouble. I’m hoping for at least a cease-fire (I know, unlikely), so our military can regroup and get a better plan that’s not from Petey Boy. This is ridiculous. We’re stuck, at least that’s how it seems right now. We have morons for leaders in this country. Dunce Donnie and Petey Boy need to shut up and let the professionals do their work *properly*.
And Denis, if I need to be corrected, please do.
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Well, we NOW understand why Drumpf is so desperate to get allies in his little Israeli-prompted war.
Indeed we do! I still think no one will help. They’re not stupid like Drumpf and Petey Boy.