根据CBS新闻周四的报道，一名现已被免职的美国将军警告称，美国军方在导弹防御弹药方面存在严重短缺，且这种短缺可能在伊朗战争爆发前的几个月里持续至少五年。
A now-ousted US general warned that the American military was critically short on missile defense munitions and that the shortage could last for at least five years in the months before the war with Iran began, according to a CBS News report on Thursday.
多名熟悉此事的美国官员告诉CBS，陆军参谋长兰迪·乔治将军的风险分析被纳入了国防部在12月下旬的《全球兵力管理分配计划》。
Multiple US officials familiar with the matter told CBS that Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George's risk analysis was included in the Pentagon's Global Force Management Allocation Plan in late December.
乔治将军在伊朗战争期间的四月被美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯免职。
George was ousted by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in April in the midst of the war with Iran.
据CBS报道，乔治警告称，末段高空区域防御系统（THAAD）和爱国者导弹的库存将至少持续到2030年之前保持战略性低位。
According to CBS, George warned that both Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and Patriot missile stockpiles would stay strategically low until at least 2030.
匿名美国官员解释称，乔治的评估源于多个因素，包括将爱国者系统转移至乌克兰、在防御以色列时消耗弹药，以及国防工业产能下降。
Anonymous US officials explained that George's assessment stemmed from multiple factors, including the transfer of Patriot systems to Ukraine, munitions expended while defending Israel, and reduced defense industry production.
官员告诉CBS，尽管美国军方在某些进攻性弹药上仍有相当可观的库存，如联合直接攻击弹药（JDAM）和小直径炸弹。超过50%的爱国者和THAAD拦截弹库存据报道已被消耗在库存处于危险低水平的武器中，包括爱国者先进能力-3拦截弹——一种设计用于在空中摧毁弹道和巡航导弹的地对空弹药。
Officials told CBS that the US military does possess a significant stockpile of some offensive munitions, such as Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bombs. Over 50% of Patriot, THAAD interceptor stockpiles reportedly expendedAmong the arms at critically low stock levels is the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor, a surface-to-air munition designed to destroy ballistic and cruise missiles mid-air.
CBS援引战略与国际问题研究中心（CSIS）在四月的估计称，爱国者PAC-3拦截弹的平均交付时间超过三年。防务承包商交付一批新的THAAD拦截弹可能需要超过四年。
Patriot PAC-3 orders have an average delivery time of over three years, CBS cited the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) as estimating in April. Defense contractors can take over four years to deliver a new shipment of THAAD interceptors.CSIS estimated that prior to the Iran war, when George made his assessment, the US may have had around 2,300 Patriot interceptors.
CSIS估计，在乔治进行评估之前——即伊朗战争爆发前——美国可能拥有约2300枚爱国者拦截弹。在伊朗战争期间，可能已消耗1050至1430枚拦截弹，相当于战前库存的最高61%。
Between 1,050 and 1,430 interceptors, or up to 61% of prewar inventory, may have been expended during the war with Iran.
据CSIS称，伊朗战争前的THAAD拦截弹库存约为355枚。
According to CSIS, pre-war THAAD stockpiles included about 355 interceptors.
据称在战争中使用了190至290枚弹药，可能耗尽了82%的库存。美国官员表示，补充库存可能需要四年时间。尽管美国国防承包商已采取措施增加THAAD和爱国者拦截弹的产量，但一名美国官员告诉CBS，即使不再使用更多弹药，库存也可能要到2030年才能完全补充完毕。五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔在对CBS的声明中否认了关于弹药短缺的报道，称美国拥有“在总统选择的时间和地点发动打击所需的一切”。
Between 190 and 290 of the munitions were allegedly used in the war, potentially using up 82% of the inventory. Stockpiles could take four years to replenish, US official saysWhile American defense contractors have made moves to increase production of THAAD and Patriot interceptors, a US official told CBS that even if no more munitions were used, it could take until 2030 for the stockpiles to be fully replenished. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell denied the reports of munitions shortages in a statement to CBS, stating that the US has "everything required to strike at the time and place of the president's choosing."