The rate at which the U.S. military has used the Tomahawk missiles in the Iran war has reportedly prompted internal talks about increasing supplies
Some Pentagon officials are concerned about the “alarmingly low” supply of Tomahawk missiles remaining in the U.S. military’s arsenal after firing 850 of the weapons into Iran, according to a report.
The rate at which the U.S. military has used the Tomahawk missiles in President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, now in its fourth week, has prompted internal talks about increasing supplies, according to The Washington Post.
U.S. officials told the newspaper that the number of Tomahawks left in the Middle East was “alarmingly low.” Another official told the outlet that the U.S. supply of Tomahawks was closing in on “Winchester,” military slang that means almost out of ammunition.
Well here’s the thing, the article only said that our supply in the middle east is dwindling. So presumably we had about 1000 tomahawks between those two carrier groups (so I guess 500 per carrier group). I believe the US keeps 11 active carrier groups around the world, so just doing the math, that’s 5500 missiles. But that’s not counting any supplies held by the airforce, army or national guard (though it seems like not a very appropriate munition for the national guard, so they may not have many).
Still, I would not be surprised if the total supply in the US military is well over 5000, potentially as high as 10,000.