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        "id": 1981317,
        "msgid": "us-watchdog-reports-weapons-shortages-due-to-iran-war-1789476953",
        "date": "2026-09-15 18:51:33",
        "title": "US watchdog reports weapons shortages due to Iran war",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A Pentagon inspector general report has detailed the strategic weapons shortages and damage to American aircraft, military bases and diplomatic facilities caused by the war with Iran. It is the most comprehensive official account to date of the conflict's cost in American lives, taxpayer money and physical damage.",
        "content": "<p>Washington (ANTARA) - A US government watchdog agency on Monday\n(14\/9) released its first report on the impact of the Iran war,\ndetailing shortages of advanced weaponry and damage to American\naircraft, military bases and diplomatic facilities in the Middle East,\naccording to several US media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon inspector general\u2019s report, covering the period from 1\nApril to 30 June, presents the most complete official accounting to date\nof the conflict\u2019s cost in American lives, taxpayer money and physical\ndamage.<\/p>\n<p>The war with Iran has resulted in shortages of strategic stockpiles\nand exposed obstacles in the industrial base for replenishing advanced\nweaponry ammunition, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that Iranian strikes had damaged or destroyed\nhundreds of buildings and other structures at US bases in Kuwait,\nBahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman\nand Jordan. Dozens of US aircraft and drones were also damaged or\ndestroyed.<\/p>\n<p>US War Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress in late July that the\nIran war had at that point cost 37.5 billion US dollars (1 US dollar =\nRp17,693).<\/p>\n<p>The report also presented previously undisclosed figures on damage to\nUS diplomatic facilities.<\/p>\n<p>US diplomatic posts in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE\nsuffered the worst physical damage, with estimated losses reaching 184\nmillion US dollars, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Evacuation operations, carried out through private and commercial\nflights as well as land and sea transport, cost more than 11 million US\ndollars by the end of June, the report added.<\/p>",
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