{"id":327073,"date":"2026-05-17T06:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327073"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:29:44","slug":"u-s-navy-warns-it-cant-sustain-operations-around-iran-due-to-extreme-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327073","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Warns it Can\u2019t Sustain Operations Around Iran Due to Extreme Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Military Watch Magazine \u2013 May 15, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

U.S. Naval Operations Chief Admiral Daryl Caudle has warned that the Fiscal Year 2026 budget did not account for the war against Iran, and that the Navy as a result has been forced to make extreme cuts to accommodate the costs of the conflict. \u201cWe\u2019re burning bright \u2026 but it does come at cost, and it comes at operational costs,\u201d he stated, adding that the Navy is rapidly depleting its fuel, maintenance funds munitions, and\u00a0remaining operating hours. As a result, he warned, the service may have to cut training, routine operations and personnel by July unless Congress provides greater funding. The U.S. initiated hostilities with Iran on February 28, with the two sides engaging in a high intensity conflict for 39 days. Hostilities have continued at much lower levels since April 8.<\/p>\n

The strain caused by continued operations around Iran could soon affect personnel, with Admiral Caudle warning that the Navy may have to pause permanent change-of-station moves for 12,000 to 15,000 sailors and delay enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. The U.S.-Iranian war has caused considerable and growing controversies in the United States, with a growing number of reports having strengthened the consensus that Iran appears much better able to sustain hostilities over the longer term.U.S. intelligence sources speaking to\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0<\/em>recent confirmed<\/a> that Iran has retained approximately 70 percent of its missile arsenal, and has successfully restored operational access to 30 out of 33 missile facilities along the Strait of Hormuz, or 91 percent, and approximately 90 percent of underground storage facilities and launch pads.<\/p>\n

Contrasting to Iran\u2019s ability to sustain its arsenal, the U.S. has expended the large majority<\/a> of its PrSM ballistic missiles and GBU-57 bunker buster bombs that played a central role in the war effort, while anti-ballistic missiles from the\u00a0Patriot and THAAD systems saw the large majority expended despite drawing on stockpiles from across the world. Analysts have\u00a0estimated<\/a>\u00a0that the U.S. launched attacks on more than 6,000 Iranian targets in the first 10 days of attacks, almost all using costly\u00a0beyond visual range weaponry<\/a>, while also firing at estimated more than 2000\u00a0anti-ballistic missiles<\/a>\u00a0to intercept Iranian counter strikes. By the final week of March, the Navy was estimated to have\u00a0expended<\/a>\u00a0close to 1,000 of Tomahawk cruise missiles, of a total arsenal of between 3,000 and 4,500 in its total inventory.<\/p>\n

In mid-May United States Congressman Ed Case confirmed that the United States had lost 39 aircraft<\/a> during hostilities with Iran, averaging one aircraft per day, which further raised questions regarding the ability to sustain the war effort. Iran\u2019s demonstrated ability to launch deep penetration strikes <\/a>into hostile territory, including for bombing runs of U.S. bases, was a wholly unanticipated aspect of the war that caused considerable embarrassment in the United States. The U.S. Navy has been forced to extend the deployments of its warships by several months for the campaign, causing issues with logistics that have resulted in food shortages onboard<\/a>, while negatively impacting morale and at times causing malfunctions<\/a> on warships. This has further cemented the consensus that the United States\u2019 position to continue the war effort remains highly unfavourable.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Navy has been forced to extend the deployments of its warships by several months for the campaign, causing issues with logistics that have resulted in food shortages onboard, while negatively impacting crew morale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":326453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,66,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Economics","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327074,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327073\/revisions\/327074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}