{"id":2638948,"date":"2026-08-01T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-general-says-naval-arsenal-too-sparse-to-defend-israel-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:26:27","slug":"us-general-says-naval-arsenal-too-sparse-to-defend-israel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-general-says-naval-arsenal-too-sparse-to-defend-israel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US General says naval arsenal too sparse to defend Israel: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-general-says-naval-arsenal-too-sparse-to-defend-israel-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2638948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A top U.S. military official warned that the United States does not have enough naval forces to fully protect Israel from Iranian missile attacks amid ongoing regional tensions.The U.S. has deployed naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean to support Israel and counter Iran\u2019s attacks in the Middle East, but thes forces are strained. The warning highlights that unless additional naval assets are provided, the U.S. may have to prioritize defending itself over aiding Israel. The war with Iran has led to increased use of U.S. military resources, including significant deployment of Patriot missile interceptors, with reports indicating over half have been expended. Iran has been escalating its attacks thru proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis, and reportedly devised a plan to intensify assaults if U.S.operations increase. U.S. military planners are considering a two-week campaign targeting iran\u2019s missile launchers to curb attacks,with discussions held at the highest levels,including briefings to President Trump. the strained military capacity underscores the challenges faced by Washington as regional hostilities expand and weapons supplies dwindle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A top U.S. general reportedly warned his superiors this week that Washington lacks sufficient <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\">military <\/a>power to protect the United States\u2019 allies in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has positioned naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to stabilize the Middle East and bolster <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israel\u2019s<\/a> security for years, with the destroyers rising to particular use in recent months, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> has carried out attacks on Israel and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4666347\/iran-struck-14-middle-eastern-nations-where-things-stand-ally-or-neutral-military\/\">14 other countries in the region<\/a>. However, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. European Command, told the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"271\">Pentagon<\/a> that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-turn-in-gaza-war-israels-newest-deployment-a-world-first-will-make-history-books\/\" title=\"...&#039;s groundbreaking move in Gaza War will go down in history books as a global first.\">incoming ballistic missiles<\/a> from Iran and its terrorist proxies in the region, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/01\/general-warns-pentagon-he-lacks-sufficient-forces-protect-israel\/\">according to<\/a> a <em>Washington Post<\/em> report published Friday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4672016\/us-general-pentagon-cannot-defend-israel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US General tells Pentagon he cannot defend Israel from Iranian missile attack: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4670898\/veterans-groups-voice-concern-pentagon-casualty-distinctions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Veterans groups voice concern over Pentagon casualty distinctions: \u2018Easier to blur the distinction\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4671592\/us-israel-prepare-strike-iran-energy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US and Israel prepare strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless Washington provides another naval destroyer, he will be forced to choose defense of the United States over Israel, the report claimed, as the Iran war has put a strain on Washington\u2019s military arsenal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. defense official told the outlet that Grynkewich\u2019s alert appears consistent with past outreach to the Pentagon from the military\u2019s top generals when they see certain risks that require Washington\u2019s consideration. This can occur, the official said, as commanders compete for finite resources and weapons, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged warning comes as the Trump administration has been forced to expend significant Naval resources to the Middle East due to the Iran war, particularly in response to chaos in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>. The war has also spurred Iran\u2019s fury against Israel, due to Jerusalem\u2019s move to aid the U.S. in the initial Feb. 28 strikes on Iran that launched the conflict, as well as Israel\u2019s attacks on powerful Iranian proxies in Lebanon and Yemen.\u00a0Israel has faced ballistic missile strikes from Iran, as well as two of its affiliate terrorist groups, Hezbollah and the Houthis, due to its actions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. naval destroyers deployed in the Mediterranean have played a role in helping fend off the attacks on Israel. But warnings that U.S. military capacity is waning under the strain of the war, including by using up<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4667371\/us-used-half-of-patriot-interceptors-iran-war\/\"> over half<\/a> of its valuable Patriot missile interceptors, come as Iran appears to be carrying out a plan involving using its proxies to magnify the conflict, making it as costly as possible for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Citing two senior Iranian officials, the<em> New York Times <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/01\/world\/middleeast\/iran-proxies-war-oil.html\">reported<\/a> on Saturday that Iran devised the step-by-step plan in secret this spring during the ceasefire, planning to use its allies to escalate attacks if the U.S. intensified its assaults. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rules of the conflict are changing and being rewritten, we are creating new conditions and platforms in the war,\u201d Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to Iran\u2019s chief negotiator, said on social media. \u201cThe fronts are multiplying from different directions in the region; they are of course coordinated but act independently. A new axis of resistance is emerging with new players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4667371\/us-used-half-of-patriot-interceptors-iran-war\/\"><strong>US HAS USED MORE THAN HALF OF PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS IN IRAN WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid reports of a shrinking weapons supply arsenal, the U.S. could be eying a two-week military campaign that would put an end to Iranian attacks by targeting their remaining missile launchers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Central Commander Adm. Brad Cooper<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4668757\/heavy-wave-strikes-two-week-campaign-finish-iran-missile-arsenal\/\"> reportedly briefed Trump<\/a> on the plan on Air Force One earlier this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. general warns of insufficient military power to defend allies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2638949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gerald-R-Ford-Carrier-group.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[83564,42416,83563,33489],"class_list":["post-2638948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-israel-security","tag-military-analysis","tag-naval-defense","tag-us-military"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gerald-R-Ford-Carrier-group.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2638948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638952,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638948\/revisions\/2638952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2638949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2638948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2638948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2638948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}