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Posted on 06/23/2026 9:53:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
"There is not one nation that came to us and said, 'Please, sir, keep dropping bombs on them [Iran]'; the stupid people say that," President Trump declared last week at the G7 meeting before signing an MOU with the Islamic Republic.
"Don't forget, if we were going to drop bombs, let's say we went another month, another two, three months, maybe weeks, it could be another three months. Could be whatever. What do you have left? Maybe nothing... If we keep bombing... you're talking about $500M, $600M, $700M a day. It's a lot of money."
Snapshot: This kind of rhetoric may be another indicator of the state of U.S. munitions and missiles stockpiles, which have been further drained in recent years due to conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and the Red Sea. Given this operational reality and the military running low on firepower, President Trump has called Pentagon officials and top military contractors to the White House on Wednesday to discuss ramping up production.
Earlier this month, he even invoked the Defense Production Act to force companies to manufacture more weapons and address depleted defense capacity.
"We're really in a big strong economic push to do the weapons, and some of the car companies, if they have any excess capacity, they are making a deal to build missiles, and the Patriot in particular," Trump told reporters on Monday. "I know General Motors (GM) is all excited about building weapons. Now they have some plants, which they're going to switch over, we're going to build weapons, including the Patriot, including the Tomahawk, and lots of other things." Lockheed Martin, GM team up to explore defense manufacturing expansion
Outlook: The administration has also been ramping up pressure on traditional defense firms to prioritize production over shareholder payouts.
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Trump needs to SHUT HIS PIEHOLE sometimes!!!!
Well the stockpiles will be replaced with new stuff , maybe ,LOL
B-52s loaded with 500lb iron bombs don’t cost much.
Ya know, up until the Viet Nam war we didn’t worry so much about secondary casualties. But after 1975 it seems to have become the principal goal of every conflict.
The statement quoted is not rhetoric.
Doesnt make enough money for the pigs in the MIC
The Pentagon wants $80-200 billion tax dollars to cover costs of the Iranian war including “Munitions Replenishment.” US and Israeli estimated 10,000 bombing sorties rapidly exhausted valuable, high-end weapon stockpiles, and $billions are required to restock the arsenal for other global threats that might endanger American families.
The Pentagon has critically depleted stockpiles of key precision-guided missiles and interceptors to defend American families due to sustained Mideast conflicts.
Replenishing US military arsenals is expected to take 1-6 years. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) highlight the depletion levels of critical US munitions.
<>Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM): At least 45% of the stockpile has been used.
<>THAAD Interceptors: At least 50% of the inventory is depleted.
<>Patriot Air Defense: Nearly 50% of the stockpile has been expended.
<>Tomahawk Missiles: Roughly 30% of the arsenal has been utilized.
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Defense analysts note that ramping up manufacturing faces structural bottlenecks, including long lead times for specialized materials, workforce constraints, and supply chain issues. Even with expanded capacity, it will take major defense contractors—such as Lockheed Martin and RTX—several years to rebuild pre-war inventory levels earmarked to protect American families.
Homeland and Global Defense: Munition shortages have forced the Pentagon to carefully weigh deployments. For example, interceptors and air defense systems originally stationed in Asia to deter regional threats have been diverted.
Near-Term Vulnerability: The depletion of long-range capabilities poses a potential risk should a conflict arise in another theater, such as the Indo-Pacific or other theaters of aggression that endanger American families.
Maybe if there wasn't any RATS and their fraudster friends out there stealing billions of dollars from taxpayers already, there'd be enough to finish the job in Iran.
NO. Its a call to action
"The Swamp" isn't just leftist lobbyists funding migrants and LGBTQ organizations and such
The Swamp is also thousands of nearly permanent, crony-contractors, who are in league with corrupt politicians, to the point where airplane toilets cost $50K and new airplanes cost $200 million and no one says anything
It's the bane of all empires.
The Czar of Russia thought he had huge armies, but it turns out they were underfed, had limited and crappy weapons, and corrupt leadership.
The last Emperors of China thought they had invested in a modern, western-style Navy, but when it went up against Japan, they were sent to the bottom quickly, because theft and corruption of the massive bureaucracy in Beijing had destroyed them before they even put to sea
The effort comes as recent conflicts highlight the economic challenges of modern air defense. In the recent conflict involving Iran, defenders have relied heavily on costly interceptor missiles to destroy incoming threats (that are often significantly cheaper to produce).
The issue has become particularly acute for Patriot missile
systems, whose interceptors can cost millions of tax dollars apiece.
Surging demands from US stockpiles have come under pressure, exposing limitations in production capacity and replenishment timelines which could seriously affect the defense of American families.
It also is the reason a decisive win is so difficult.
The US is running out of weaponry to defend American families but a foreign country-—
Israel -—has tons of US weaponry....all financed by US taxpayers.
As of January 2026, the obedient US Congress finalized $6.67 billion tax
dollars in gifts of US arms for Israel to enhance ITS defense capabilities:
<><>new gifts of US Apache helicopters,
<><>gifts of US armored vehicles,
<><>and US tax-dollars for vehicle power packs
These 2026 gifts are additions
<><>to significant ongoing, long-term US tax dollar military assistance
<><>“emergency” US tax dollars Israel tells the Congress it “needs”
<><>tax dollar billions for killings in Gaza
<><>and Israel’s predictable need for “security.”
Key Components of recent 2026 “US tax dollar gifts” to Israel:
<><>$3.8 billion tax dollars for 30 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
<><>related US arms equipment
<><>$1.98 billion US tax dollars for Joint Light Tactical Assault Vehicles (JLTAVs).
<><>$740 million tax dollars for Namer armored personnel carrier power packs.
<><>tax-dollar subsidized utility helicopters
<><>plus unnamed other US tax-subsidized equipment.
The bought and paid for Congress earlier approved over $14 billion in tax dollars
for defense replenishment w/ US arms, and unnamed Israeli “security” needs.
<><>a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was drafted
<><>covers $38 Billion US tax dollars in military aid 2019–2028
<><>$33B tax dollars in weaponry “gifts”
<><>$5 billion tax dollars in missile defense gifts.
<><>including precision-guided munitions and bunker busters.
The US tax-paid weapons are “gifts to Israel:”
<><>to defend its borders
<><>to protect its population against current and future threats,
<><>for further forays into Iran to achieve secret Israeli goals
<><>and for Israel’s continued bombardment of Lebanon.
cont
The United States actually stores weapons in Israel for Israel’s use.
We are their largest supplier of military arms and defense equipment.
Key facts about the US arms stockpile in Israel:
War Reserves: The U.S. maintains the War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel (WRSA-I), a vast network of pre-positioned munitions and equipment inside Israel.
This stockpile is designed for U.S. troops in regional conflicts, but the US gives Israel quick emergency access.
Arms Imports: The United States supplies nearly 70% of all conventional arms imported by Israel.
Financial Backing: The U.S. and Israel have a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (2019-2028) providing $38 billion in military aid, even though the US Congress passed a law which gives Israel as gifts American-made fighter jets, missiles, and defense systems.
There’s also Israel’s US tax dollar-financed billion dollar “Iron Dome” defense system.
This is information Israel does not want you to know
about. Ergo, the anti-semitism charges begin shortly.
Why win when you can just say nice things about our enemy and give them a helping hand to get off the floor?
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