Among the Pentagon’s worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defence munitions in the Middle East.

As US President Donald Trump escalates his war on Iran, American special forces, medics, weapons and warplanes are surging into the Middle East as Washington gears up for major…

The U.S. defense industrial base isn't equipped to produce missiles rapidly enough to replenish munitions used in the war with Iran, or transferred for use to Central Command.