Depleted weapons stockpiles could affect the Iran conflict

tartoran 16 points 7 comments March 04, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)

goatlover

Hopefully it will limit the length of the war, and not just have US/Israel endlessly bomb while Iran fires off what it can randomly at anyone in range.

adampunk

The funniest thing about this is how colossally Russia screwed Iran. Iran sent over thousands of drones and dozens of drone pilots for use in Ukraine. No doubt Russia paid for it, but probably not as much as Iran wish they had. 300 extra Shaheds would have made the interception math ugly even last year. Instead, they send all their inventory north so that Moscow can spend less money to blow up shopping centers and school houses. Meanwhile, the Iranians lose a credible deterrent.

buckle8017

Once the US achieves complete air superiority(and it will) the bombing runs will switch to B52s and JDAMs which we do have a nearly unlimited supply of.

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