美防长驳斥CNN“THAAD库存消耗八成”报道，远程精确导弹存量争议持续
CNN援引消息称美军THAAD拦截弹库存已消耗近80%，防长赫格塞思斥为假新闻；与此同时，多方报告显示远程精确导弹几近耗尽，海湾盟友对防御能力表示担忧。
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）本周二援引两名知情人士报道，自与伊朗的战争开始以来，美军已消耗近80%的“末段高空区域防御系统”（THAAD）拦截弹，以及约一半的“爱国者”拦截弹，五角大楼弹药库存处于“危险的低水平”。美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞思随即在社交媒体X上驳斥该报道，称CNN的标题“不实”，并写道“你们应感到羞耻”。白宫和五角大楼发言人也否认美军缺乏所需武器，强调美军“拥有执行总统选择的一切所需”。
CNN的报道并非孤立信息。路透社和哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）同日援引不同消息源称，美军在五个月的冲突中已“几乎耗尽”其全球库存中的陆军战术导弹系统（ATACMS）和精确打击导弹（PrSM）等远程精确地对地武器。这些弹药单价超过100万美元，可从安全距离实施精确打击。战略与国际问题研究中心（CSIS）7月的报告估算，战前美国拥有约2330枚“爱国者”拦截弹和452枚THAAD拦截弹，至7月底已分别降至759至827枚和234至278枚，且至少要到2029年年中才能恢复至战前水平。
库存争议已对决策产生直接影响。CNN和《悉尼先驱晨报》等媒体指出，弹药短缺的警告，加上沙特、卡塔尔等海湾国家对其能源设施可能遭伊朗报复的担忧，是特朗普上周末叫停对伊朗大规模打击计划的关键因素。一位高级政府官员对CNN表示，特朗普原已准备实施打击，防长赫格塞思周五接到了最终“放行”命令，但总统在与中东盟友讨论后决定暂缓。海湾国家依赖美制防空系统，其官员承认，美国库存减少可能削弱它们拦截伊朗导弹和无人机的能力。
分析人士将库存压力置于更广阔的战略背景中。CSIS高级顾问马克·坎西恩对福克斯新闻表示，真正的风险在于未来可能与中国在西太平洋发生的冲突，因为“库存已远低于战争规划者所希望的水平，这可能鼓励中国采取行动”。路透社的消息源也透露，美军中央司令部虽已几乎用尽战前部署的陆基导弹，但正从全球其他基地调拨库存进行补充。目前，美国与伊朗围绕霍尔木兹海峡通航等问题的外交接触仍在进行，特朗普称谈判是“最后的机会”，但德黑兰否认有直接谈判，局势走向仍不明朗。
| 大西洋／英语圈媒体 | −0.20 | neutral |
|---|---|---|
| 俄罗斯及独联体媒体 | −0.60 | critical |
| 印度及南亚媒体 | −0.30 | critical |
| 日韩媒体 | −0.40 | critical |
The United States has used nearly all its long-range missiles, but the Pentagon rejects concerns of vulnerability and insists fighting capacity remains sufficient.
Alarming data is paired with official reassuring statements, creating a balance between fact and institutional defense that normalizes the severity of the depletion.
The detail that production rates for new missiles are very low and that no rapid replenishment strategy exists is omitted.
The United States has squandered precious resources in Iran and now finds itself in a strategic weak position facing Russia and China.
Depletion data are selected and official reassurances ignored, building a picture of American vulnerability that reinforces the Russian narrative of Western decline.
The Pentagon’s denial and the existence of other missile reserves, such as Tomahawks still at 50% availability, are omitted.
India notes that the United States has nearly exhausted its missile stocks, weakening deterrence against China and threatening regional security.
The US depletion is framed not as an isolated problem but as a risk to Asian security, shifting focus to the China threat and making the news relevant to India.
The context that US Tomahawk reserves remain substantial and that production could ramp up is omitted, softening the impact on China.
The United States has lost its deterrence capability toward Russia and China due to missile depletion in Iran, threatening East Asian stability.
The story emphasizes the impact on deterrence against Russia and China, turning a logistical news into a strategic alarm for the region.
It omits that the US still retains Tomahawk missiles and that the Pentagon has contingency plans to rebuild stocks.