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Does the U.S. Have Enough Munitions for the Iran Fight?
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The press is warning that America and its allies lack air defenses for a long military campaign in Iran. U.S. forces are intercepting Iranian missiles and drones, and some inside the Administration opposed strikes because the U.S. would burn too many interceptors needed to deter China and other bad actors. The President said this week that the U.S. has "a good supply" of the "highest end" munitions. It's no secret the Free World needs more air defense rounds. That's a core reason the U.S. needs to eliminate the threat from Iran's drone and missile programs. The answer isn't surrender but to exploit U.S. air dominance over Iran and destroy missile launchers on the ground before they can shoot. It doesn't matter how many missiles we have if our enemies conclude America won't accept risk to defend itself. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is right to suggest that the U.S. can't let Iran build 100 missiles a month while we build six interceptors. The risk to the U.S. is in retreating from the fight before Iran's capacity to menace the world is eliminated.