The Pentagon's Own Watchdog Just Confirmed What Trump Denied: America's Missile Stockpile Is Running Low

US Navy flightdeck staff prepare a load of missiles, 04 February aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. The United States has stationed 13 warships in the Gulf including the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS George Washington both carrying 108 aircraft, including 100 F-14 and F/A-18 fighters and eight EA-6B Prowlers, specially designed to complement naval defence in electronic warfare. (Credit: Photo by RABIH MOGHRABI / AFP) (Photo by RABIH MOGHRABI/AFP via Getty Images)

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  The Defense Department's first mandatory report to Congress puts the price tag of the Iran war at $33.4 billion through late June — more than two-thirds of it tied directly to munitions.

• A separate CNN investigation found the U.S. has burned through nearly 80% of its THAAD interceptor stockpile and roughly half its Patriot supply — figures Hegseth, the defense secretary, has publicly rejected as false.
• The watchdog documents strike damage to American installations in eight countries and to U.S. diplomatic posts in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, adding a paper trail to a conflict the administration has downplayed for months.

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Seven Months In, a Reckoning With Numbers