<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons<br><br>The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, administration and congressional officials say.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dVA.ZP08.k5RcrBoRW99c&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dVA.ZP08.k5RcrBoRW99c&smid=em-share</a></div>