To be completely fair and
, Donald Trump is — for once — not wrong assuming he considers the various varieties of the JDAM "upper medium grade" munitions, and unguided bombs like the Mark 82 and Mark 84 "medium grade" munitions.
Within the context of the ongoing conflict with Tehran, the
most salient bottleneck impacting Washington and Tel Aviv is the availability of air defense interceptors. Therefore, short of something dramatic occurring (e.g., Iranian nuclear breakout, impeachment and conviction of Trump), Israel and the US will remain in a fairly strong position to sustain ongoing strikes so long as the former is willing to bear costs imposed by Iran and its allies in retaliation.
The fact of the matter is that the US military does possess the means to conduct a
protracted high intensity air campaign against Iran, especially given the current administration's willingness to water down long standing parameters governing rules of engagement.
This dilution of ROE will in turn translate to — for all practical purposes — an increase in USG tolerance for collateral damage (e.g.,
), and an uptick in the deployment of readily available
dumb bombs should the hot war with Iran drag on.
As former Fox News talking head, now US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth bluntly stated without mincing words like a Eurocrat: "
no stupid rules of engagement."