STOCKPILES NOT DEPLETED
Pentagon podiums swear interceptors are flush while the inspector general's own report, an allied scramble, and a 3-to-1 missile math all say otherwise.
Source article: U.S. fires 60 to 70 Patriot interceptors in Iranian missile attack on Jordan.
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- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- armed conflict, conflict, war and peace, technology and engineering
- Primary entities
- United States, Iran, Jordan, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, U.S. Central Command, Pentagon, Defense Department inspector general, Lockheed Martin
- Themes
- munitions stockpiles, U.S.-Iran conflict, missile defense, defense industrial base
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Equality & fairness