Fwd from @ Flying off the shelves On the consumption of American Tomahawk missiles American spending on operations against #Iran is being counted by the whole world. Every penny goes toward tallying how much the White House has spent on military ...
...operations. And by preliminary estimates alone, the US has already resources equivalent to over $10 billion. And now Western media has gotten around to the sea-based cruise missiles Tomahawk. According to an article in citing the Center for International and Strategic Studies, the US used 168 Tomahawk missiles in the first 100 hours of the war. In the coming days, the Pentagon will submit a request to Congress for up to $50 billion to replenish supplies. Sources note that any additional le...
...gislation on funding the war in Iran could face resistance. A very interesting point: if the estimate is correct, then the Americans burned through a 2-3 year supply of their cruise missiles in just four days. And such consumption is indeed substantial when you look at the rate at which these missile stockpiles are being replenished. At the end of 2025, it was reported that manufacturer Raytheon plans to deliver only 57 missiles in 2026. Before that, in December 2024, a contract was signed...
