Verkar finnas viss oro i Pentagon. Vilket inte är så konstigt, för det verkar inte som att Trump har tydliga och specificerade mål, och redan i somras skrevs det om att lagren med dyra luftvärnsmissiler inte är outtömliga.
"The vast number of retaliatory attacks — and the array of sites being targeted, including nonmilitary sites in Arab nations across the Middle East — is concerning after so much of the regime’s top leadership was killed, this person continued. Officials are worried about the command and control of those weapons, the person added.
Inside the Pentagon, and among some members of the Trump administration, there was deepening concern Sunday that the Iran conflict could spiral out of control, said people familiar with the situation.
“The mood here is intense and paranoid,” one person said.
There is anxiety among senior leaders that the fighting will extend for weeks, further stressing limited U.S. air defense stockpiles, people familiar with the situation said.
“There is concern about this lasting more than a few days,” said another person. “I don’t think people have fully absorbed yet, like, what that has done with stockpiles,” they added, noting that it often takes two or three air defense interceptors to ensure that an incoming missile is stopped.
The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith (Washington) said this operation will force the U.S. to further expend munitions supplies that are already strained.
“At this point, it’s on. It’s not like we can say: ‘Hey, Iran, we’re out of missile defense systems now so we’re going to pause for a moment. Is that okay?’ It will stretch our ability to defend everything that we need to defend,” Smith said, characterizing U.S. resources as “stretched thin."
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Jag har tidigare läst att Iran ångrar att man gick med på ett eldupphör i somras. Hade de fortsatt ytterligare så kanske Israel/USA avskräckts en längre period än när de slog till i helgen.
