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2026-05-11 12:35 UTC
The article mostly focuses on the effectiveness of US weapons in the war, but the war has also shown that when the US gets low on munitions, it's "America first", with [allies being left to wait](https://news.err.ee/1610001736/us-has-paused-estonia-s-ammunition-supplies-until-end-of-iran-conflict-says-minister):
> Estonia's Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur on Monday said the U.S. has paused Estonia's deliveries until the end of the war in Iran, at least. If the conflict lasts for a long time, Estonia may start to reconsider its previous decisions about weapons purchases, he added.
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@grte@lemmy.ca 2026-05-11 15:40
And thanks to their military doctrine where they produce a limited quantity of very flashy, expensive weapons, they will get low on munitions when they engage in any serious conflict. Watching the US flounder against Iran (who apparently spends between 8-25 billion a year on defence according to various estimates I looked at) really makes you wonder if buying weapons from the US is buying weapons for yesterday's war.