stockpile
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Before the war, Iran was believed to have had stockpiles of more than 2,000 short-range ballistic missiles.
From BBC
For now, the energy group said it has enough crude and refined oil stockpiled to ensure smooth output and operations, affirming that it has secured enough resources for the second quarter.
Araghchi denied the claim, noting that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium—and therefore the number of atomic bombs it could theoretically fuel—had been a matter of public record for years.
Those stockpiles only last about 20 days, and half of all refiners that rely on naphtha to make plastic products have already cut output, Thieliant pointed out.
There have rightly been growing calls to increase stockpiles of long-range munitions for precision strikes, as well as munitions for Patriot, Thaad, and other air-defense systems.
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