How depleted weapons stockpiles could affect the Iran conflict

"virtually unlimited supply"

— Donald Trump , Politician

"Iran's ballistic missile launches were down 86% from the first day of the fighting"

— Gen Dan Caine , Other

"The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better – As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons."

— Donald Trump , Politician

"The question is who has the deeper magazines of key weapons, and the big unknown is how deep Iran inventories are."

— Stacie Pettyjohn , Academic

"It’s a war of attrition … If a single missile strikes something like a university, a hospital or a power plant it can be very costly."

— Tal Inbar , Academic

"Because if the strike does not succeed in removing a regime, there remain thousands of people in Iran who are capable of reconstituting a programme like this."

— Jeffrey Lewis , Academic

"In the aftermath of the attack there would be greater motivation within the remnants of the regime pushing Iran towards weaponisation no matter how this conflict ends."

— Kelsey Davenport , Academic

"We don’t see a structured programme to manufacture nuclear weapons."

— Rafael Grossi , Executive

"The US and Israel are prioritising breaking Iran’s offensive capabilities and leadership."

— Matthew Savill , Academic

"Tehran had between 1,500 to 3,000 ballistic missiles with various ranges and levels of readiness."

— Jonathan Hackett , Academic