The American military-industrial complex faces a serious challenge amid ongoing hostilities in the Middle East. According to the authoritative industry publication Aviation Week, the US Army has completely exhausted its arsenal of the latest high-precision ballistic missiles, the PrSM (Precision Strike Missile), since the start of the active phase of the operation against Iran. This information was officially confirmed by Jimmy Arter, head of the transformation office at the US Army Fires Center of Excellence. According to him, the military's entire stockpile of these missiles was expended during the initial stage of the armed conflict, but the department has already begun receiving new shipments from manufacturers to make up for the shortfall.

PrSM missiles represent the latest generation of American missile weapons, designed to replace the aging ATACMS systems. This type of munition offers significantly increased range and improved guidance accuracy, making it a key element of the modern American standoff warfare strategy. Notably, the operation against Iran, which began about a month ago, marked the first time PrSMs were used in combat. American command placed great hopes on these systems for striking hardened and strategically important Iranian infrastructure, which explains their high intensity of use in the first weeks of the conflict.