Submission statement: US allies will have to wait longer for their missile purchases.
>The U.S. has warned allies to expect delays of as much as five years in key weapons deliveries as it rebuilds its own depleted munitions stocks.
Multiple European nations are expecting deliveries of key missile and air defense capabilities to be pushed back as a result of the U.S. military exhausting its own arsenal in the Iran war, officials said.
Two other officials said some Eastern European nations also reliant on U.S. weapons systems have experienced delays since soon after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28.
The U.S. is estimated to have used more than half of its most advanced Patriot missile variants, a third of its Tomahawk missiles and almost half of its precision strike missiles and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors in Iran. The Congressional Budget Office said the U.S. had probably used as much as two-thirds of its inventory of missile defense interceptors since June 2025.
The military fired so many munitions at Iranian targets during the first few months of the war that it “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply,” Pentagon officials acknowledged to its inspector general.
The stockpile shortages aren’t just impacting the U.S. and Europe. In April, the U.S. told Japan its Tomahawk deliveries would be delayed by as much as two years. Saudi Arabia has also urged allies, including the U.S., to provide military support to help counter attacks from the Houthis in Yemen. Washington has not said if it will provide extra assistance.
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Submission statement: US allies will have to wait longer for their missile purchases.
>The U.S. has warned allies to expect delays of as much as five years in key weapons deliveries as it rebuilds its own depleted munitions stocks.
Multiple European nations are expecting deliveries of key missile and air defense capabilities to be pushed back as a result of the U.S. military exhausting its own arsenal in the Iran war, officials said.
Two other officials said some Eastern European nations also reliant on U.S. weapons systems have experienced delays since soon after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28.
The U.S. is estimated to have used more than half of its most advanced Patriot missile variants, a third of its Tomahawk missiles and almost half of its precision strike missiles and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors in Iran. The Congressional Budget Office said the U.S. had probably used as much as two-thirds of its inventory of missile defense interceptors since June 2025.
The military fired so many munitions at Iranian targets during the first few months of the war that it “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply,” Pentagon officials acknowledged to its inspector general.
The stockpile shortages aren’t just impacting the U.S. and Europe. In April, the U.S. told Japan its Tomahawk deliveries would be delayed by as much as two years. Saudi Arabia has also urged allies, including the U.S., to provide military support to help counter attacks from the Houthis in Yemen. Washington has not said if it will provide extra assistance.