The USA is now realistically short of weapons to carry on a prolonged war against Iran. Trump is just desperately still using empty threats hoping that Iran will crumple, and he can get out and proclaim a victory. Iran is not allowing him that avenue to retreat.
The signs of weapon shortage are abundantly clear from its inability to protect even its own military bases due to shortage of interceptors. Even more instrumental was the math problem of using highly expensive interceptors to take out cheap drones and missiles, costing a fraction of those interceptors.
The USA carrier fleet has also been unable to conduct bombing missions closer to Iranian shore for fear of hypersonic missile attacks. That was evidently clear from the movement of the Abrahim Lincoln aircraft carrier away from Straits of Hormuz/Gulf of Oman to the Arabian Sea. That has been another lesson for China to learn and to execute, using the same deterrence that the Iranians are using in the event of a conflict over Taiwan.
These are vulnerabilities to be exploited in future wars against the USA. When aircraft carriers cannot project the power that it was built for, the whole advantage to be gained has been curtailed. The USA had always been using the projection of power by its aircraft carriers to instill fear among its foes. That perennial threatening mantra is going to be consigned to history in wars against bigger and more powerful opponents.
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