The US-Iran war could see another round of escalation soon, with the United States reportedly deciding to deploy more long-range missiles from its global stockpiles to bases used for operations against Iran.
The US military is set to commit nearly 82% of its JASSM-ER long-range missile inventory, leaving only about 425 missiles available elsewhere around the world, Bloomberg reported.
The JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Missile–Extended Range) is a long-range, precision strike capability for air-to-ground missions, designed to destroy high-value, well-defended, fixed, and relocatable targets from a significant stand-off distance.
Key features of the JASSM-ER missiles include a range of greater than 500 nautical miles (approximately 930 km), compatibility with fighter jets like F-15E, F-16, and bomber jets like B-1B, B-2, and B-52H, and a 1,000-pound penetrating blast-fragmentation warhead.
In the first four weeks of the war, US operations have consumed more than 1,000 JASSM-ER missiles, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said a Bloomberg report.
