Secretary of War says decision comes as Iran’s air-defence has been destroyed, but report says US running low on precision munitions
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The US have had air superiority everywhere except Kuwait. Iran had limited air defense systems and just a handful of operational F-14’s from the 70’s when the war broke out. The US just lacks the ability to use hundreds of $10,000,000 missiles a day for longer than a few weeks.