Military Times editor-in-chief JD Simkins appeared on ABC News discussing U.S. munitions worries in the ongoing Iran war. Multiple reports say key long-range missiles and interceptors are heavily drawn down after months of fighting. Trump denies any shortage and says leakers of those reports face prison.
US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/
Trump denies US munitions shortage and said he’d seek to jail ‘leakers’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8mjd19xm7o
Military Times and Reuters reported the near-exhaustion of Army long-range missiles on August 4.
Trump’s Truth Social denial and jail threat came August 6 after WaPo and others covered the shortfalls.
Pentagon memo this week gives defense companies 21 days to accelerate critical production.
CSIS and other analyses put Patriot and THAAD stocks sharply lower than pre-war.
Supplemental funding requests already seek tens of billions to restock.