Democratic senator, criticism of starting a war with Iran with wrong calculations

The U.S. military’s stockpiles of ammunition and tactical missiles have been seriously depleted, Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly warned Sunday.

“I think it’s fair to say it’s shocking how deep we’ve gone in those stocks,” the senator told U.S. television CBS News.

Kelly said U.S. President Donald Trump plunged the United States into war with Iran “with no strategic objective, no plan, no timeline, and as a result we’ve used too much ammunition.”

Kelly, a ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, cited Pentagon reports detailing stockpiles of specific missiles, including the Tomahawk, ATACMS, SM-3 and those used in the Patriot systems. It would take “years” to replenish these stocks, he said, without giving specific figures.

He warned that the US may not be able to defend itself in the event of a prolonged conflict. The US would then be “in a worse position” than if “this war in Iran had not happened,” Kelly said.

The Pentagon is currently seeking approval for a significant increase in defense spending. The Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 calls for nearly $1.5 trillion in defense spending.

Kelly described it as “excessive,” saying the Pentagon’s budget was $700 billion when he joined the Senate five and a half years ago.

According to the Pentagon, the Iran war has cost the United States about $25 billion through the end of April. This figure represents the total estimated expenditure since the US attack on Iran in late February, most of which has been spent on munitions. /tesheshi

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