Trump Caught in Frantic Scramble to Replenish Iran Weapons [View all]
President Donald Trump has called a meeting Friday with defense contractors to try to speed up weapons production as his war in Iran burns through U.S. missile stocks.
The president—who has ordered military strikes against more countries than any other U.S. president in modern history—claimed Monday in a Truth Social post that the U.S. has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions, and that “wars can be fought ‘forever,’ and very successfully, using just these supplies.”
But with no end in sight to the deadly attacks on Iran—which have in turn triggered retaliatory strikes throughout the Middle East, killing six U.S. soldiers to date—Pentagon officials told The Washington Post earlier this week the mood was “intense and paranoid” as the military ran through its stockpiles of U.S. air defense interceptor missiles.
Even before “Operation Epic Fury” began on Saturday, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine had warned the White House that weapons shortages and limited allied support would significantly increase risks to both the mission and U.S. troops, according to the Post.
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Trump administration could order U.S. manufacturers to make more munitions amid Iran war
WASHINGTON — Concerns over depleting munitions used to defend American forces in the Middle East may lead the Trump administration to force defense companies to produce more weaponry quickly, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
In private briefings with Congress, Trump administration officials have discussed the prospect of invoking the Defense Production Act to accelerate the production of munitions as the U.S. carries out a war with Iran, known as Operation Epic Fury, these people said. Such a move would go beyond President Donald Trump’s public urging that defense companies manufacture more weaponry.
“We have unlimited middle and upper ammunition, which is really what we’re using in this war,” Trump told reporters Tuesday, though there is no unlimited stockpile of munitions. A White House official later said “middle and upper” referred to the range of the munitions. “I rebuilt the military,” Trump said, calling the U.S. munitions “really powerful stuff.”
Trump also said Tuesday in an interview with Politico that defense companies are “under emergency orders” and “are on a rapid tear to build the various things we need.” The White House official said Trump was referring to his urging companies to move faster.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-could-order-u-110041287.html
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