A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel
Jun 29, 2026 ¡ 56 min ¡ 13 segments
America is running dangerously low on munitions and defensive capabilities and it seems like maybe only dumb bombs will save us from this stupid war in Iran. Iran may have seized complete andâŚ
Andrew FoxHostShana MeyersonHostGreater than and less than but then I'm like, I don't know what any of these other things mean and then you go on to explain each one which was very helpful.
So do you want to give us an overview of your findings and then I have a follow up question.

And they just recently updated their article, which they published on the day of the ceasefire back in April.

And it talks about basically what... missile stocks, America particularly, burned through during the war itself.

I wrote an article, which I've linked to in today's article, talking about these two ticking clocks that I saw running.

One was air defence stocks, so missile defence, and the other one was political patience.

But if you look at the munitions used, I'm not going to go through the full table because I'd like you to read the article.

But basically, this pre-war inventory, they've used roughly between 37 and 55 percent of everything they hold at a cost of between 11 and 19 billion dollars.

But that was in, what were the dates of the war exactly? It was February 28th, wasn't it? I think the ceasefire date they gave was in April.

In sort of two and a half months, they burned through over half of their global missile and air defence stocks, which is an astonishing rate of fire.

And actually, I think what that shows is that a lot of the reports about Iranian missile launches must have been suppressed.

I think it means that Iran fired a lot more missiles than was let on publicly, because to have fired that many missile defences, they must have had missiles and drones to fire them at.

So I think that suggests that Iran had a lot more of a capable rocket stock than I think was publicly available, which is an interesting conclusion that we can draw.
Greater than and less than but then I'm like, I don't know what any of these other things mean and then you go on to explain each one which was very helpful.
So do you want to give us an overview of your findings and then I have a follow up question.

And they just recently updated their article, which they published on the day of the ceasefire back in April.

And it talks about basically what... missile stocks, America particularly, burned through during the war itself.

I wrote an article, which I've linked to in today's article, talking about these two ticking clocks that I saw running.

One was air defence stocks, so missile defence, and the other one was political patience.

But if you look at the munitions used, I'm not going to go through the full table because I'd like you to read the article.

But basically, this pre-war inventory, they've used roughly between 37 and 55 percent of everything they hold at a cost of between 11 and 19 billion dollars.

But that was in, what were the dates of the war exactly? It was February 28th, wasn't it? I think the ceasefire date they gave was in April.

In sort of two and a half months, they burned through over half of their global missile and air defence stocks, which is an astonishing rate of fire.

And actually, I think what that shows is that a lot of the reports about Iranian missile launches must have been suppressed.

I think it means that Iran fired a lot more missiles than was let on publicly, because to have fired that many missile defences, they must have had missiles and drones to fire them at.

So I think that suggests that Iran had a lot more of a capable rocket stock than I think was publicly available, which is an interesting conclusion that we can draw.
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