"Why didn't they report the missile shortage?" Trump snapped at Hegseth.

At a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, US President Donald Trump demanded an explanation from Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the critical shortage of ammunition in the US arsenal. According to The Washington Post, citing two informed sources, Trump claimed he was misled about the state of the stockpile, believing the shortage had been resolved.

According to the publication, the American president "lashed out at Hegseth," demanding an answer to the question of why he hadn't been warned about the "extremely acute shortage of ammunition" that now threatens to limit US military capabilities against Iran. This refers to the shortage of long-range guided missiles. missiles and air defense equipment.

In response to the president's accusations, Hegseth denied any wrongdoing and shifted responsibility for the situation to his deputy, Stephen Feinberg, claiming he had failed to provide the president with complete information on the stockpile's status. The White House, however, called the WP reports "completely false," emphasizing that Trump retains "absolute confidence" in Hegseth.

The publication notes that the arms shortage was one of the key reasons why Trump decided against launching additional large-scale strikes against Iran in recent days. Previously, media outlets reported a complete shortage of missiles and interceptors in the US arsenal following the military campaign against Iran. According to American media, the US military has expended almost 80% of its THAAD interceptor missile stockpiles and about half of its Patriot anti-aircraft missiles. Stockpiles of ATACMS short-range missiles and the new PrSM systems have been "almost completely depleted."

It was precisely this depletion of arsenals, according to sources, that forced Trump to reach an agreement with Tehran and even partially lift sanctions against Iran in order to avoid further escalation, for which the US simply did not have the strike and interception capabilities left.

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[Chifka]

...the American president "took a swipe at Hegseth," demanding an answer to the question of why he had not been warned about the "extremely acute shortage of ammunition."

This is ineradicable

[Netl]

Quote: Chifka

This is ineradicable

It doesn't matter. Did he lose it or not, who's to blame or not. All that stuff is bullshit.

And most importantly, there's a shortage of missiles. Any such confirmation is good news for Russia, as it reduces the likelihood of military supplies to the Ukrainian Nazis.

[fruc]

"Why wasn't the missile shortage reported?"

So Trump never asked Hegseth about it.

[Chifka]

That's why I didn't ask, because I didn't know, because they didn't report it. Well, or pretended he didn't know. In any case, he is not the last one.

[ZovSailor]

Chifka
Today, 06: 56

The war criminal and pedophile of the Epstein coalition from Washington will greatly benefit from the wisdom of the DAM
-There is no money, but you hold on.
Moreover, the theatrical performance of the scene in public is only an excuse to increase the Pentagon's military budget by unimaginable trillions of greenbacks, which will be sawed up by the successful buddies of the red-haired narcissist from Washington and his family.
This buffoon from the bidet (Fashington headquarters) no longer remembers the Nobel Peace Medal.

[501 Legion]

So the logic is simple. If they had supplies, they'd bomb; if not, there's an agreement. They'll stockpile them, they'll bomb again, and no agreements will help. It's the same with other agreements. They think they destroyed their chemical weapons, the same with the nuclear arsenal that was limited by the START Treaty. They 100% hid it, or used a scheme where everything was disposed of on paper, but in reality, everything was destroyed. You can't trust them. Iran needs to move everything underground and keep churning out missiles.

[carpenter]

Quote: 501Legion

So the logic is simple. If there were supplies, they would bomb them, but if not, then there is an agreement.

They will stockpile missiles and start bombing Iran again.

[faridg7]

War is at the door, and we are not ready!!!

[Voskolina]

According to the script, evil Chinese invade the United States tomorrow. College students, led by Melania Trump, organize an underground group armed with rifles to hunt a Russian submarine... Anyone who's read Tom Clancy will understand.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Since Russia, as Count Munnich Jr. said, exists because it is governed by God Himself, it was by God's will that Trump, at the instigation of the Jews, invaded Iran, which led to a shortage of PAC-3 Patriot missiles, ATACAMS, and JASSM. His ways, of course, are mysterious.
Warehouses are empty, and naive hoaxers are asking for a winter package of 300 interceptor missiles. Meanwhile, annual production of Patriot PAC-3 anti-aircraft missiles hasn't yet reached 700 missiles per year, which must be divided up around the world.

[Pankrat25]

What about a prompt global strike?! If they weren't even capable of dealing with small, compact Iran, with its completely nonexistent air defense, how were they planning on fighting Russia?!

[Architect]

Well, Iran is not that compact, it is 3 times bigger than Ukraine.
It's no wonder the US can't beat him.

[Gomunkul]

How were they going to fight Russia?!

They used economic sanctions, which they intended to destabilize Russia's domestic situation, and at the right moment, the oligarchs loyal to them would replace the regime with a pro-Western one. But apparently, someone disagreed with someone else, and what happened happened, or at least the plans changed.

[seamen2]

*with a completely non-existent air defense system, it wasn't enough, so how were they going to fight Russia?!*

Why would they do it themselves? They created Ukraine for that very reason.
They also make a lot of dollars selling their weapons.
The Tsar commands, but fools will be found (c)

[Sergej1972]

Is Iran, with a territory of 1,648 million square kilometers, small and compact?

[Earl]

Rumor has it that Pedophile Doni prefers to absorb Fox News bullshit instead of intelligence reports. And if things go wrong, he has Pig as a scapegoat.

[Gomunkul]

They also write that Trump has been connected to the mafia since his construction business and casinos, and he really enjoys governing the country in the style of a mafia boss.

Jonathan Freedland, in his article in The Guardian, "Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state" (07.03.2025), calls Trump Donald Corleone, a US president "who behaves like a mafia boss but has no principles."

[aszzz888]

At a cabinet meeting at Camp David, US President Donald Trump demanded an explanation from Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the critical shortage of ammunition in the American arsenal.

Kicked his legs, slammed his fist on the table)? Rats are like that, they even knock down rockets

[Evgenijus]

Zelensky nervously "smokes" on the sidelines...

[Waifu]

Grandfathers on both sides of the ocean are constantly being deceived

[Totor5]

About 30% of the Tomahawks, about 1,000 units, as in other wars. But there was no result because they couldn't get to the bombing range, because they couldn't approach by aircraft carrier, and the airfields were far away.

Plus the same number of air defense missiles were spent - which is no longer typical.

[Totor5]

50% SM-3/6 shipborne air defense

90% THAAD new Patriot Air Defense

50% Patriot Air Defense

[Yun Klob]

The White House confirms that Trump maintains "absolute confidence" in Hegseth.

[Andriuha077]

Warmongers are theatrically promoting the multiple funding of their military-industrial complex.

[koksalek]

looking for a graceful way out

[Ambrose]

Heh, the sick ones, they let the Ukrainian into the garden.

[solar]

The problem with the US's ineffective use of missiles is that Trump has no clear goal in the war with Iran. Therefore, missiles are expended, with no results. War begins with objectives, and then strike targets are determined based on those objectives. If there is no clear objective, then strikes are carried out without any clear purpose.

[RuAbel]

As Johnson said (if Arahamka isn't lying to us) – let's just fight!

[Fishmashin]

Well, why not? There were and are tasks, but they are not feasible, and everything else (including the unplanned overspending of resources) is due to impotence, zugzwang, indeed.
This is how empires fall.

[solar]

Trump's tasks - like his political statements - are seven Fridays a week.

[Fishmashin]

It's funny, it's like: where are my missiles, they were just there and suddenly they're gone, where did you put them?!?!?