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Report: U.S. Nearly Exhausted Its Stockpile of Long-Range Precision Missiles During War With Iran

Representational image. A US Navy ordnance handler sits, awaiting instructions, amid stacked AMRAAM missiles in the hangar bay of the USS Kitty Hawk 28 March 2003 in northern Gulf waters. (Credit: Via Getty Images)

More than five months into the military conflict between the United States and Iran, the U.S. has used nearly all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter who spoke to CBS News.

The sources said the United States has expended virtually all of its Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles. The report follows earlier CBS News reporting in July that the U.S. was gradually running low on defensive interceptors and long-range missiles as the war with Iran depleted precision-guided munitions at an unsustainable rate.

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