• fisch@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    “The Department of War has everything it needs to execute any mission at the time and place of the President’s choosing and on any timeline,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to Reuters.

    What kind of bullshit answer is that? On the other hand, what else is he supposed to say? “Oh yeah, we burned through 90% of our ballistic missiles, we’re completely defenseless right now”?

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      90%

      I haven’t read that article, but one I read within the past day or two mentioned we’ve used around 800 or so, which is around a quarter of our stock. Okay, I hate being “that guy” so just skimmed this article, which doesn’t mention that stat, just claims 860 missiles fired.

      So if that’s true, we have used a bit of our stock, but it’s not like we’re out.