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US Lost 25% Of Its Reaper Drones In Iran War, Officials Estimate
US Lost 25% Of Its Reaper Drones In Iran War, Officials Estimate
Amid a recent avalanche of media headlines warning of significantly depleted US weapons stockpiles, The Washington Post is out with another fresh report Thursday which sounds the alarm, this time over advanced drones.
The US military lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the Iran war, American defense officials were quoted as saying. The same officials estimate that this constitutes roughly 25% of the Pentagon's fleet.
2024 image of American MQ-9 Reaper UAV brought down in Yemen’s Marib. ClashReport/X
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Netanyahu: Iran can no longer enrich Uranium; missile production destroyed; says Israel acted alone against Pars oil field; claims Trump was not influenced by Israel to go to war.
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Uranium Supply Crunch Worsens Amid Kazakhstan’s Plan For Strategic Reserve
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Drawing further attention to the global uranium supply-demand mismatch that we've been pounding the table on since 2020, Kazakhstan has outlined plans to accelerate exploration and create a strategic reserve for the nuclear fuel.
We've repeatedly emphasized that the US is not moving fast enough if it hopes to secure fuel for its reactor fleet…
US Is Rapidly Expanding Its Nuclear Supply Chain: It's Not Nearly Fast Enough https://t.co/gly9hVAKnr
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 19, 2026
More countries are likely to announce strategic uranium reserves...
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