Cold War 2.0 #80: Is America Running Out of Missiles? | Tarik Cyril Amar

Is the United States running dangerously low on the missiles it needs to sustain its wars?

In Episode 80 of Cold War 2.0, historian and geopolitical analyst Tarik Cyril Amar joins Kevork Almassian to examine reports of mounting pressure on America's missile and interceptor stockpiles—and what the Iran war may be revealing about the limits of U.S. military power.

The discussion begins with Der Spiegel's examination of Israel's Mossad and its long-running shadow war against Iran. Tarik argues that while the German outlet is finally addressing some of Mossad's operations, its treatment remains heavily sanitized and avoids some of the larger political and legal questions surrounding Israeli intelligence activities. The conversation then expands into the broader question of narrative control and the European Union's growing role in shaping political discourse.

The central discussion turns to reports of serious shortages in American long-range missiles and air-defense interceptors. Is Washington deliberately exaggerating its shortages to deceive Tehran—or has the Iran war exposed a genuine weakness in the U.S. military-industrial system?

Tarik argues that the depletion problem is likely real and potentially much more important than individual stockpile figures. If America's adversaries and allies are watching the same battlefield, they are also learning what Washington can—and cannot—sustain in a prolonged high-intensity conflict.

The conversation then moves to the emerging Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defense framework, whether it is directed against Iran, and whether new regional alliances are forming as confidence in American security guarantees weakens. Tarik cautions against treating the agreement as an automatic NATO-style war guarantee, while arguing that its emergence reflects important changes in the regional balance.

The episode also examines the controversy surrounding drones over Germany and the extraordinary report that Colombian criminal organizations are looking to the Ukraine war for expertise in modern drone warfare—another indication of how technologies developed on today's battlefields are spreading far beyond them. These subjects are explicitly laid out in the show's opening agenda.

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