Approximately 50 personnel affiliated with the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff underwent polygraph tests during an investigation into the leak of information related to U.S. forces’ ammunition shortages amid the ongoing war with Iran, according to reports.
According to The New York Times (NYT) on the 4th (local time), investigators from the Donald Trump administration last month probed officers and civilian staff within the U.S. JCS to determine whether they had disclosed classified information to the media or provided details about the military’s declining ammunition stockpiles. Major U.S. media outlets have recently reported that the prolonged war with Iran has led to dwindling reserves of key weapons and military supplies, including Patriot interceptor missiles. Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, stated, “The Department of Defense does not comment on internal personnel or ongoing investigations,” adding, “We take leaks of classified information related to national security seriously and investigate them thoroughly.”
Since the war began in February, concerns over escalating war costs have persisted as the U.S. repeatedly expends multi-million-dollar missiles to intercept Iran’s low-cost drones. Worries have emerged that the rapid depletion of U.S. missile stockpiles could weaken the military’s posture in regions outside the Middle East, such as Europe and the Asia-Pacific, where it must counter adversaries like China and Russia.
Reports also indicated that U.S. military logistics bases in the Middle East, including those in Bahrain, have come under Iranian attacks, forcing the U.S. to rely on Diego Garcia Island in the Indian Ocean—over 3,500 km away—to resupply essential military goods such as food and fuel.
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