The US military spent approximately $5.6 billion on ammunition in the first two days of the military operation against Iran, The Washington Post reported, citing sources in the US administration.
According to the publication, Pentagon officials presented these figures to members of the US Congress on March 9. Sources of the newspaper say that the administration is expected to submit a request for additional military funding of tens of billions of dollars to lawmakers this week.
The media notes that the Pentagon's estimates “have only intensified concerns among some lawmakers about how quickly the US military is burning through its limited stock of the most advanced weapons“. Meanwhile, according to Deputy Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Sean Parnell, quoted by The Washington Post, the US military “has everything it needs to accomplish any mission, anytime, anywhere“.
The same publication earlier cited estimates that the United States spent a total of approximately $6 billion in the first week of the military operation in Iran, of which approximately $4 billion was spent on ammunition.