News Summary-Intelligence Report 8/7/2026*Newsdump Friday*US General Loses Command*Pot Linked To Nausea Bouts*White House Ballroom Injunction*Turk-Pak-Saudi Military Pact*Intel Leak Russian Threat NATO Nation*Israeli Spy Iran Shakeup*

The Spanish government moving to institute border checks for Italian visitors...

The former Secretary of the Air Force in the Biden Administration...losing his access to classified information...

In Belgium a government committee preventing the takeover of a helicopter company...subsidiary of a Chinese company...

Frequent marijuana users showing up at emergency rooms more often with a condition...

A federal appeals court issuing an injunction against construction of a ballroom at the White House...

The "Wall Street Journal" publishing a story raising the notion of a Russian threat to a NATO country...

"A ceasefire that leaves an average of one child dead each and every day is failing children" Those words from UNICEF regional director...

President Trump moving to fire Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook for a second time...

In Israel two senior officials reassigned to new positions within Israel's spy agency...

"We ourselves need missiles. Biden gave him so much" US President Donald Trump speaking about the reported emergency request...

New Zealand politics three months before the November 7th election a new poll shows a close race...

The exact total number of individual missiles given to Ukraine by the Biden administration is not publicly specified, as the U.S. Department of Defense tracks military assistance by financial value and general inventory categories rather than publishing exact serial counts. However, cumulative figures from major individual weapon categories include:

Javelin Anti-Armor Systems: Over 10,000 individual missile systems and units provided.

Stinger Anti-Aircraft Systems: Over 2,000 individual missile systems provided.

ATACMS & Precision Rockets: Dozens to hundreds of long-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and guided multiple-launch rocket system (GMLRS/HIMARS) munitions.

Air Defense Missiles: Hundreds of specialized interceptor and surface-to-air missiles (such as AIM-7, RIM-7, and AIM-9M).

Council on Foreign Relations report
Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent UkraineIn early 2024, the Biden administration started supplying Ukraine with significant numbers of long-range precision missiles...

U.S. Department of War (.gov)
President Joe Biden signed an order to transfer $800 million worth of equipment to Ukraine.

Council on Foreign Relations
https://www.cfr.org
In early 2024, the Biden administration started supplying Ukraine with significant numbers of long-range precision missiles, known as ATACMS

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The U.S. is facing critically low stockpiles of advanced long-range missiles—specifically Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM)—largely due to months of intensive combat operations and sustained strike campaigns in the ongoing conflict with Iran. ——— Newsweek

Key Factors Draining Stockpiles

High Consumption Rates: Months of continuous long-range precision strikes inside Iran have rapidly exhausted existing inventories. -—— Newsweek

Defensive Interceptor Usage: Heavy expenditure of high-end air defense and ballistic missile interceptors (such as Patriot and THAAD missiles) to blunt incoming threats has outpaced current capacities. ——— American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Slow Manufacturing Output: The U.S. defense industrial base produces complex munitions at a slow monthly rate (e.g., dozens of interceptors), which cannot instantly match wartime consumption.

Transition Delays: Stockpiles of newer items like the Precision Strike Missile were already low because they are newly introduced, while older systems like ATACMS are being phased out. ——— Reuters

Global Commitments: Supplying international allies and retaining a strategic reserve for other potential theaters, like the Indo-Pacific, further strains the remaining pool.-—— BBC

American Enterprise Institute - AEI
America’s Depleted Weapons Stocks in the Iran War Are a Strategic Red Flag... The United States entered the Iranian conflict with inventories already strained from years of high operational tempo.........

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During the joint coalition actions of the 2026 Iran War, the total number of specific U.S.-supplied or U.S.-manufactured missiles launched by Israel alone has not been publicly isolated; however, compiled tracking reports show that thousands of precision munitions were collectively deployed by U.S. and Israeli forces.

Breakdown of Munitions Used Against Iran

Initial tracking data from regional conflicts and military analyses outline the specific scale of ordnance used in the primary waves of the campaign:

U.S.-Sourced / Joint Munitions: During the initial 36-hour offensive, coalition operations utilized 120 Tomahawk cruise missiles, 210 JDAM precision-guided bomb kits, and 90 AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles.

In the same early window, Israeli forces independently launched 70 Rampage supersonic missiles, 50 Delilah cruise/loitering missiles, and roughly 280 Spice-guided bombs.

Overall Intensity: In just the first 16 days of the 2026 offensive, U.S., Israeli, and allied forces expended nearly 11,300 total munitions.

Strategic Division of Roles

Pentagon assessments and reports indicate that rather than Israel heavily expending deep-strike tactical missiles. Israel conserved much of its indigenous high-end arsenal while the United States absorbed the vast majority of the offensive and defensive missile expenditures.

By August 2026, the U.S. military had depleted “virtually all” of its regional stockpiles of long-range surface-to-surface missiles—such as ATACMS and newer PrSMs—along side firing hundreds of defensive THAAD and SM-3 interceptors to shield the region from Iranian counterstrikes.

The break down the types of targets hit inside Iran or detail the estimated cost of the joint air campaign by Center for Strategic and International Studies is available.

Status of Key Munitions

In the 39 days of the air and missile campaign before the ceasefire, U.S. forces heavily used the seven munitions ...The Washington Post

U.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show - The Washington Post May 21, 2026 —

According to Defense Department assessments, the United States absorbed most of the missile defense mission while Israel conserved their own missiles-———...Reuters

US has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles. on missiles during Iran war, used to strike targets inside Iran.

Heavily Used Munitions:

Precision Strike Missile (PrSM): Nearly depleted during the conflict.

Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS): Stockpiles were almost entirely consumed due to heavy surface-to-surface demand.

Tomahawk Cruise Missile (TLAM): The U.S. fired over a thousand Tomahawks, burning through more than a third—and up to half—of its total global supply.

Patriot: High usage to intercept Iranian missiles drained up to half of the initial inventory.

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD):

Significant expenditures for this high-end air defense system resulted in a nearly 38% reduction in available stockpiles.

Standard Missiles (SM-3 & SM-6): Naval interceptors were moderately to heavily used, reducing total reserves and requiring about two years to fully rebuild.Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM): Used extensively in strikes, with over 1,100 units expended.

Strategic Impact
The depletion of these guided munitions has created a multiyear production deficit, forcing the Pentagon to accelerate defense contracting.

While the U.S. military retained enough munitions to fight the regional war with Iran, analysts point out that replacing these inventories strains the U.S. defense industrial base. This shortage is especially critical for long-range strike and air defense capabilities originally intended to deter peer competitors like China.

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