The war with Iran has significantly reduced U.S. ammunition stockpiles. According to military experts, inventories of advanced precision-guided weapons (including Patriot interceptor missiles) have fallen sharply, and rebuilding them will take time. Depending on the weapon system, restoring pre-war stock levels could take between 18 months and three years.

According to media reports, President Donald Trump reacted angrily in private after learning the true extent of the depleted arsenals. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly became the target of Trump's frustration, as the president believed the issue had already been resolved. Publicly, however, Trump has strongly denied any shortages. On Truth Social, he claimed the United States possesses "massive amounts" of ammunition and threatened those leaking information about the stockpiles to the media with severe legal consequences. At the same time, he publicly praised Hegseth in an apparent effort to dispel reports of internal tensions.

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