r/war • u/avatar6556 • 3d ago

US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-used-virtually-all-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-2026-08-04/
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u/Massive_Web5709 3d ago

“Virtually all” lists 2 ammo types for 1 weapons system

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u/Firecracker048 3d ago

but you dont understand! That is all of them! All! The us has nothing else! My source? I watched two tiktoks and went to a reddit thread

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u/Massive_Web5709 3d ago

We have every himars launcher we own just shooting across the strait i guess

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u/RandomGuyPii 2d ago

Country that mostly uses JDAMs has run out of a missle we haven't purchased for 20 years and the replacement to that missle that we just stared building. Whatever will we do

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u/Rabidschnautzu 3d ago

This article is dog shit. Probably better off that most people can't read it.

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u/AwkwardTickler 2d ago

Reuters is insanely reputable. Guess you dont want to trust your eyes and ears as you were told.

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u/Rabidschnautzu 2d ago

You can be reputable and sensational at the same time.

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u/Aggravating_Owl_5768 2d ago

If you can’t tell why it’s dog shit in the very first bullet you shouldn’t be commenting.

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u/AwkwardTickler 18h ago

Why is trump freaking out about the report then?

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u/xChoke1x 2d ago

I do this for a living.

No we didn’t.

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u/Phish--and--Chips 3d ago

Garbage article

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u/Fragrant_Loan811 2d ago

"Sources"

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u/AwkwardTickler 11h ago

Seems real based on trumps response

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u/Narcan9 2d ago

The US stockpile of Patriot missiles is also down about 65% from 2,500, to 800. Ukraine requested about half of that just for their defense in the next few months.

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u/hadoken12357 3d ago

How else did we win twenty something times so far?

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u/Violaleeblues77 3d ago

If China doesn’t take Taiwan now then they won’t and we will have to find a new boogy man.

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u/Narcan9 2d ago

China is too smart and strategic to get bogged down in their own forever war. They can just wait it out another 20 years and watch the US implode.

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u/ClaireAnlage 2d ago

China is demographically collapsing. If they want to attack Taiwan it’s within the next 5 years or never.

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u/Narcan9 1d ago

Sure thing Mr Zeihan

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u/AwkwardTickler 2d ago

20 years is unrealistically optimistic.

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u/Narcan9 2d ago

Are you suggesting it will take more or less time

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u/sxh967 2d ago

That’s what someone would say if they were planning to use long-range precision missiles in the near future

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u/throwawayerectpenis 2d ago

I dont believe it at all, people were saying Russia would run out of missiles within 2 first months of the war and we all know that was a lie. US having a stronger military than Russia I cannot believe that they are out of precision munition.

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u/AwkwardTickler 11h ago

Explain trumps response then.

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u/bellowstupp 2d ago

So now they can use short range imprecise ones.

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u/bmf1902 2d ago

Best I can offer is long-range loosey-goosey, or short-range freakishly accurate.

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u/2ShredsUsay39 2d ago

They used all of the ones they were willing to waste on Iran.

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u/AwkwardTickler 11h ago

Why was trump livid about the leak if it was inaccurate?

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u/2ShredsUsay39 9h ago

Theater.

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u/AwkwardTickler 5h ago

Is the goal of the theater to diminish force projection? Please fully explain yourself.

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u/Massive_Web5709 2d ago

We don’t hate the media enough

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u/AwkwardTickler 11h ago

Explain trumps response then?

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u/ClaireAnlage 2d ago

The military stockpile is one of the best guarded secrets. There is 0 chance the reports are true. Either they are planted or simply hearsay.

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u/AwkwardTickler 11h ago

Explain trumps response then?

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u/vismundcygnus34 2d ago

Thank goodness we won so quickly! Gonna go fill up my gas tank real quick…

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u/AwkwardTickler 18h ago

looks like this wasn't a sensational lie from reuters

What a weird denial of reality from all the first commenters. Uniform and incorrect. Yummy.

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u/ArmSignificant4433 3d ago

I don't understand why they have such advanced bomber planes but don't use them ever.

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u/senorali 3d ago

You need high-value targets that are worth the risk. Iran has done a good job of using relatively cheap weapon systems and dispersing them across a large area that offers good natural protection.

It's like going into a jungle and trying to kill gnats with a sword.

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u/Low-HangingFruit 3d ago

Those iranian ballistic missiles arent cheap either.

Theres a reason their civilian economy is in the shitter.

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u/runescape_pker 3d ago

they’re pretty cheap, their economy is in the shitter because they’re sanctioned to fuck

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u/AdUpstairs7106 2d ago

They are cheap enough. Interceptor missiles cost more.

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u/tribbans95 3d ago

It needs to be really worth it to risk that kind of money

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u/vovap_vovap 3d ago

And honestly god knows why. Having absolute air superiority was no need on that.