We Burned Through Half Our Missiles in Seven Weeks... Now What?

Hardpoints · May 1, 2026 · 44m

In the first 72 hours of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. Navy fired roughly 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Iran. More than the total number produced over the previous five years. Seven weeks later, we'd burned through half our Patriot interceptors, half our THAAD missiles, 30% of our Tomahawks, and 45% of our precision strike missiles. The Pentagon is now asking for a 1,327% increase in Tomahawk procurement. And it takes 24 months to build a single one.

So what does it actually mean to run out of bullets - and what happens next?

Mike and Neal break down the real numbers behind America's…