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US Navy Requests 14-Fold Jump in Tomahawk Missiles Amid Epic Fury Attrition

NAMPA / Sputnik
2026-04-09
MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - The US Navy is requesting a 1,068% increase in funding to procure over 14 times as many Tomahawk cruise missiles to address critical stockpile concerns amid the Operation Epic Fury against Iran, a surge that sees the Navy shift from a modest sustaining procurement rate to an emergency wartime footing, according to a RIA Novosti correspondent's analysis of the Pentagon's recently released FY2027 budget reports. The......
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