Shea Levin · Sep 16, 2026
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🇺🇸 PENTAGON REPORT WARNS OF U.S. AMMUNITION SHORTAGES
- A Pentagon inspector general report says the Iran war exposed ammunition shortages and major bottlenecks in U.S. weapons production.
- Operation Epic Fury cost an estimated $33.4 billion, including $22.3 billion in expended munitions, resulting in “strategic inventory shortfalls.”
- The report also lists four F-15s destroyed, one F-35 damaged, seven KC-135 tankers damaged and up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones destroyed—contrasting with President Trump’s claim that the U.S. has “virtually unlimited” ammunition.



