2026-03-03 18:45, updated 2026-03-03 19:08
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2026-03-03 18:45
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2026-03-03 19:08
US President Donald Trump told Politico on Tuesday that Iran is running out of launchers, while American arms companies are rapidly producing the weapons necessary for the US.
Trump said in a telephone conversation that Iran's military capabilities are constantly being weakened. He admitted that Iranian forces will continue to fire missiles “for some time.”
The president declared that Iran was “running out of launchers.” He added that they are also running out of firing points because they are being “decimated”.
So far, no other representative of the Trump administration has provided such information, emphasized Politico.
Trump assured that the US has “unlimited” ammunition supplies.
“Arms companies are rapidly producing various things that we need,” the president said. He stressed that they were acting urgently. “We produce (it) quickly,” he added.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday sounded the alarm that there is a “potential for a desperate and catastrophic shortage of THAAD and Patriot systems needed to protect U.S. embassies, bases and civilians.”
Trump said the war could last four to five weeks – or could end in a few days.
He said he would be open to contact with a new, transformed Iranian government if one emerges from the ongoing conflict. He recalled that 49 top representatives of the Iranian authorities were killed in the attacks. “New people are coming. Many people want this job. Some of them would be very good,” he concluded.
Since Saturday, we have hit over 1.7 thousand. targets in Iran
US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on Tuesday that US forces have hit over 1,700 people since the beginning of operations against Iran. purposes in this country.
The American military reported that since Saturday attacks included, among others: Iranian Navy ships, submarines, command centers.
“American forces destroyed the control and command centers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields during the operation,” CENTCOM wrote on X.
From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)
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