TRT World – March 13, 2026
Less than two weeks into the US war on Iran, the US has used “years” worth of key munitions, raising concerns about the cost of the conflict and the strain on American weapons stockpiles, according to media reports.
Citing three people familiar with the matter, The Financial Times reported on Thursday that the rapid expenditure includes a large number of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
One source described it as a “massive expenditure of Tomahawks,” adding that “the navy will be feeling this expenditure for several years.”
The conflict, which began on February 28, had already cost more than $11 billion in its first six days, according to Pentagon officials briefing lawmakers in Washington, DC. The bulk of the spending has gone towards expensive air defence and strike munitions.
Israel and the US launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28, which has so far killed over 1,300 people, including Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than 150 schoolgirls, and senior military officials, according to Iranian authorities.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israeli cities and locations hosting US military assets across the region.
Democrats object, White House dismisses fears
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a decorated former officer who fought in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, told MS NOW that the cost imbalance is stark.
“The rounds we’re firing, Patriot rounds, Thaad rounds … these weapon systems, each round is millions of dollars,” he said, noting that Iran is deploying relatively cheap drones. “The math on this doesn’t work.”
The Pentagon is preparing to request up to $50 billion in additional military funding from Congress, potentially setting up a contentious debate as lawmakers question the administration’s strategy and the long-term impact on US defence readiness.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski warned the White House not to expect automatic approval.
“You’ve got to be able to provide us with information, as requested, justification,” she said. “Don’t just take for granted that the Congress’s role is basically just to write the check.”
Former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged colleagues to approve the funding despite disagreements over the war, arguing the request provides an “overdue opportunity to invest in urgent and strategic defence priorities,” adding: “Weakness invites challenge.”
However, the White House rejected concerns about shortages.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US military has “more than enough munitions, ammo and weapons stockpiles to achieve the goals of Operation Epic Fury laid out by President (Donald) Trump and beyond.”
She made the statement even as Trump’s critics say he has failed to make clear what the purpose or goal of the war is, and with a majority of the US public saying in polls that they disapprove of it.
Analysts told The Financial Times that replacing the weapons could take years. The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that US forces fired 168 Tomahawk missiles within the first 100 hours of the conflict, a pace one US lawmaker described bluntly: “It’s a lot. And it will take years to replace.”
But never fear Trumpstein would have us believe that the US is “winning” ha ha ha 🙂
Those tomowhawks are being used to huge advantage, sales are gonna go up since those things ca wipe out a medium sized school in no time, obliterating loads of school girls and dog shelters, and without the need for boots on the ground.
Yeh but it’s a small price to pay since those Iran elementary schools will take decades to rebuild.
When we see a US general with 15 to 20+ medal ribbons on his chest, apart from good conduct and service awards, any campaign ribbons he wears were awarded for a war the US started. Ask him to remove the ribbons for wars which the US started to just leave the ribbons for wars in which the US actually defended the US, and he’d be left wearing good conduct and service ribbons only. It would take a lot of colour out of their uniform.
If those American bases in the Far East were created to defend Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. They would be very vulnerable if lots of men and munitions were removed to Attack Iran and defend the Zionist State of Genocide.
China might be tempted to attack those Far East, American bases and claim them for themselves…
That would make things very interesting indeed.
I wonder what’s going to happen to the Dow Jones?
I wonder what’s going to happen to Ukraine?
Tomahawk is a racist term
Maybe GUD ?
ie Grifting Useless Drunks…
Blast hits Jewish school in Amsterdam, mayor calls it targeted attack
Story by REUTERS AND Aaron Glick ( jews )
retaliatory explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, causing no injuries, in what the city’s mayor described as an attack against the Jewish community, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
Israels ” precision strike” which killed almost 200 children in iran
needs to be avenged.
Israel needs a taste of what its been giving out on its neighbours since 1948
The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighborhood on Amsterdam’s south side caused only limited damage, Mayor Femke Halsema said in a press release, as police and firefighters arrived quickly at the scene.
Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly realising folk will no longer put up with their crimes. its unacceptable.”
Here is some important info to bear in mind at the elections
there is a good choice available
you can have the rothschild tories
or the rothschild labour
maybe the rothchild lib dem thingeys
or the rothschild Greens
reform ? i think may be rothschild
restore britain i like, there is one factor which would get anyone into office
is to return all the migrants
RIDDEN TO DEATH
Cheltenham Festival under fire after four horses die
Story by Press Association Sport Reporters
he RSPCA has renewed its urgent call for improved racehorse welfare following the deaths of four horses at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.
The fatalities have intensified concerns within the animal charity, which highlighted that 24 horses have now died in competitive racing across the UK this year alone