March 16, 2026· 44 min

War in Iran is Chewing Through American Missile Stockpiles

Orality
Model
83%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic37%
obviously, literally, absolutely
Engagement62%
you'll, you, your
Memory Aids100%
see, right, now
Repetition100%
know (68x), it's (56x), what (51x)
Parallelism87%
So there's a lot of noise abou..., So let's talk about results...., And I'm Tracy Alloway....
Sound Patterns48%
46 question(s), alliteration: "tend to", alliteration: "trying to"
Formulaic Phrases4%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%
could, maybe, quite
Passive Voice8%
is designed, be replenished, being used
Abstract Nouns17%
business, information, payment
Subordination6%
since, because, although
Sentence Length40%
Avg: 15.0 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
business, overly, complicated
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style38%
590 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style80%
overly, actually, internationally

Description

The war in Iran has been fought almost entirely in the skies, with both offensive missiles, as well as anti-missile defense systems. But the math is brutal. The war in Ukraine has already put a dent in American stockpiles, and now it is proving costly to protect American bases and their allies in the region against Iranian drones. On this episode, we speak with Tom Karako, a senior fellow and director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a top defense think tank in Washington DC. We discuss the size and scale of the American arsenal, the supply chain constraints for building more missiles, and the Pentagon's general attempts to ramp up production. Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.