The Pentagon has called on the United States defence industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran. On Thursday, he again denied that the US faced any strategic disadvantage when it came to weapons stores after five months of war. Experts have warned that even with an influx of funding, it will likely take at least three years to restore Patriot and THAAD interceptors to pre-war levels. The number of THAAD interceptors fell from 452 before the war to between 232 and 262 at the start of the April ceasefire, CSIS said. But the stockpile is still at least 38 percent smaller than it was before the conflict.