VP Vance has privately questioned Pentagon briefings on the Iran war and raised concerns about serious U.S. missile shortfalls, with Iran said to retain most of its military capability.
VP Vance has privately questioned Pentagon briefings on the Iran war and raised concerns about serious U.S. missile shortfalls, with Iran said to retain most of its military capability. Summary Vance has repeatedly questioned the Pentagon’s portrayal of the Iran war in closed-door meetings, raising concerns that U.S. missile stockpiles have been more severely depleted than official briefings suggest Two senior administration officials told The Atlantic that Vance has queried the accuracy of information provided by the Pentagon, and has raised munitions concerns directly with Trump Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs chairman General Dan Caine have publicly described U.S. stockpiles as robust and Iranian military damage as drastic Vance’s advisers say he has framed his concerns as his own rather than accusing Hegseth or Caine of misleading the president, in an apparent effort to avoid fracturing the war cabinet Internal intelligence assessments cited by the publication suggest Iran retains two-thirds of its air force, most of its missile-launching capability and the fast-boat fleet capable of disrupting Hormuz traffic The Centre for Strategic and International Studies said this week the U.S. may have burned through more than half of its pre-war supply of four key munitions systems The Pentagon said Hegseth and other leaders consistently provide the president with a complete and unvarnished picture