US deploys bulk of stealthy long-range missile for Iran war

By Gerry Doyle | Bloomberg News The next steps in the U.S. military campaign against Iran will commit nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles, drawing them from stockpiles devoted to other regions. The order to pull the $1.5 million weapon from Pacific stockpiles was issued at the end of March, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Missiles at U.S. facilities elsewhere, including the continental U.S., will be moved to U.S. Central Command bases or Fairford in the U.K., said the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive details. After the moves, only…