💥 The New Age War does not just measure who has the highest weapons, but also "who produces a replacement faster."

💥 The New Age War does not measure who has the highest weapons, but also "who produces a replacement faster."

The 2026 U.S.-Iran strike and air defense operation lasted the first 39 days, with the U.S. attacking more than 13,000 targets and using massive amounts of guided weapons.

A report compiled by CSIS estimated that the U.S. used more than 1,000 Tomahawks and more than 1,100 JASSMs, including Patriot, THAAD, SM-3 and SM-6, for missile extraction and aerial threats, but the actual balance against the balance has not been fully revealed.

According to 💰, the cost of the war for the first six days was about $11,300 million; however, this figure includes operational costs, not missile value alone.

🏭 The big problem is that these weapons are produced slower than their high rates of use in concentrated warfare. CSIS estimates that Tomahawk, THAAD and Patriot may need at least 3 years to return to pre-war levels. SM-3 and SM-6 parts may take around 2 years.

This lesson is accelerating the U.S. and allied nations to expand the facility, ready to develop low-cost alternatives such as lasers, electronic warfare systems, and interceptor drones so as not to require multi-million dollar missiles to manage every cheap drone.

Sources: CSIS - Rebuilding U.S. Missile Inventory, CSIS - Status of Key Munitions, CSIS - Iran War Cost Estimate

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