The US fired so many munitions at Iranian targets during the first few months of Operation Epic Fury that it "has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," Pentagon officials acknowledged to the defence department's independent watchdog.
Acquisition officials said they are "working to streamline procurement processes and production lead times, and to stockpile critical materials, components, and selected munitions to respond rapidly to a contingency," the Pentagon inspector general said in a report released late Monday.
