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After months of war with Iran, the United States is facing a new challenge: stockpiles of some precision missiles are almost depleted, NPR has learned from a U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we hear more about the implications of this weapons shortage \u2013 which one official says could make the U.S. more vulnerable in other parts of the world \u2013 and how these weapons differ from the U.S. supply of offensive weapons.<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Kathryn Fink, Elena Burnett and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Zo van Ginhoven. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Andrew Sussman, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Ashley Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Read more Why Russia\u2019s strikes on Ukraine are more intense; Germany\u2019s song of the summer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After months of war with Iran, the United States is facing a new challenge: stockpiles of some precision missiles are almost depleted, NPR has learned from a U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we hear more about the implications of this weapons shortage \u2013 which one official says could make the U.S. more vulnerable in other parts of the world \u2013 and how these weapons differ from the U.S. supply of offensive weapons.<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Kathryn Fink, Elena Burnett and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Zo van Ginhoven. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Andrew Sussman, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Ashley Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are the implications of a shrinking supply of U.S. missiles? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=7613\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are the implications of a shrinking supply of U.S. missiles? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After months of war with Iran, the United States is facing a new challenge: stockpiles of some precision missiles are almost depleted, NPR has learned from a U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.In this episode, we hear more about the implications of this weapons shortage \u2013 which one official says could make the U.S. more vulnerable in other parts of the world \u2013 and how these weapons differ from the U.S. supply of offensive weapons.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.\u00a0Email us at considerthis@npr.org.\u00a0This episode was produced by Kathryn Fink, Elena Burnett and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and Zo van Ginhoven. 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