CSIS: U.S. Weapon Stockpiles Depleted, Rebuild Could Take Years
CSIS warns that Operation Epic Fury against Iran drained major U.S. munitions categories (TLAMs, THAAD, Patriot, SM-3/SM-6, JASSMs, PrSM), with replenishment taking years due to production limits and foreign sales; pre-war inventories were sizable but heavily drawn down, prompting pauses in arms shipments to Taiwan and raising concerns about readiness for potential conflicts with China, North Korea, and beyond as the Defense Department workflows and budgets aim to restore stocks by the late 2020s.