Saturday, April 04, 2026

US commits most of stealthy long-range missiles to Iran war

The next steps in the US military campaign against Iran will commit nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles, drawing them from stockpiles devoted to other regions. The order to pull the US$1.5 million weapon from Pacific stockpiles was issued at the end of March, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Posted by lamplighter at 03:43 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink

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... Missiles at US facilities elsewhere, including the continental US, will be moved to US Central Command bases or Fairford in the UK, said the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive details.

After the moves, only about 425 JASSM-ER out of a pre-war inventory of 2,300 will remain available for the rest of the globe. That would be roughly enough for 17 B-1B bombers on a single mission. Another 75 or so are "unserviceable" because of damage or technical faults. ...



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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 03:44 PM

China could be licking their chops.

Great time for them to grab Taiwan, eh?

#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-04 03:48 PM

Taiwan is much, much closer to China than Cuba is to America.

And both authoritarians eventually want them.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 03:55 PM

Traitor.

Hope y'all speak Mandarin.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-04 04:04 PM

"US commits most of stealthy long-range missiles to Iran war"

With apologies to George Will...

If Trump were Putin's puppet, and he and Xi wanted America to be as weak as possible...

...what would he be doing differently?

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-04 04:19 PM

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