JASSM-ER stealth missile: The 600-mile long-range weapon whose entire inventory US is planning to deploy against Iran

The United States is preparing to deploy a large share of its long-range JASSM-ER cruise missile inventory to its ongoing military operations against Iran, a move that is sharply reducing reserves originally intended for other regions. Citing a source familiar with the development, a news report in the Economic Times citing a Bloomberg report said instructions were issued in late March to withdraw these high-value missiles—each costing roughly $1.5 million—from stockpiles in the Pacific. Additional supplies from the continental US and other locations are also being redirected to bases under US Central Command as well as to Fairford in the…