29 March,2026 08:56 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab on February 28
The US army has fired over 850 Tomahawk missiles on Iran during the four weeks since the US-Israel attacks began on the West Asian country.
This has led to the US running low on one of the most important weapons in its stockpile. US has claimed the missile capable of striking targets over 1,600 km (nearly 1,000 miles) away at subsonic speeds of roughly 880 km/h (570 mph). It flies at low altitudes (30-90 metres) to evade radar, carrying a ~1,000-pound conventional warhead or submunitions, making it a key, lethal first-strike
Only a few hundred Tomahawk missiles are manufactured every year, and the rate of firing has alarmed some Pentagon officials who are in talks about how to make more of the missiles available, The Washington Post reported.
It can take up to 2 years to build a Tomahawk, costing $3.6 million (Rs 34,15,11,120) a piece, according to the report. Moreover, last year's budget had included only 57 of them.
An official said that the number of Tomahawk missiles in the Middle East is "alarmingly low", another said that if there is no intervention, the country could run out of the missiles in the region soon.
US officials told a media outlet that discussions are taking place about whether to bring the missiles from other parts of the world or to build more.
US counters claims
Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said that the US military "has everything it needs to execute any mission at the time and place of the President's choosing and on any timeline."
850
No. of Tomahawk missiles used by the US in the conflict in West Asia
FBI chief Kash Patel's emails, photos have been hacked by an Iran-linked group. The group said that they successfully gained access to the personal emails of Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sharing photographs and documents from the United States
official online.
The Handala Hack Team said on Friday that Patel would "will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims".
The news outlets confirmed the breach, citing unnamed security officials and people familiar with the matter. The FBI and Department of Justice have yet to comment on the incident. The hacking appears to have released some documents more than a decade old. Some of the emails show Patel's travel and business correspondence. Others include photos of Patel beside an antique sports convertible, posing with a cigar in his mouth and standing in front of a mirror with a bottle of rum.
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