WashingtonThe Pentagon’s own watchdog says interceptors ran short.
Air defense is consumed in minutes and rebuilt in years, straining a war of attrition against Iran.
Iranian strikes damaged hundreds of buildings at US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the inspector general found.
Contractors need about three years to restore pre-war interceptor stocks, analysts estimate.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Dawn leans critical
- South China Morning Post
- reports first official Pentagon accounting of Iran war, emphasizing strategic munitions shortfalls and industrial base bottlenecks
- Mehr News Agency leans critical
- The New Arab leans critical
Sources: Dawn, South China Morning Post, Mehr News Agency, The New Arab