SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVE

Singapore delivers the densest and most diverse coverage in the pool on American military depletion. The Straits Times publishes four complementary articles that, assembled, form a devastating picture. First: the US has fired over 1,000 Tomahawks -- ten times annual production -- and more than 1,200 Patriot interceptors at over $4 million each. The Pentagon struck more than 13,000 targets in 38 days of combat. Total cost is estimated between $28 and $35 billion -- nearly $1 billion per day.

Second revelation: the drawdowns have left Asia and Europe commands less ready to confront Russia or China. Fully replenishing stocks could take six years. For Singapore, located 3,000 kilometers from Taiwan, this isn't abstract geopolitics -- it's an existential security question.

Third: the Straits Times reveals an internal Pentagon email proposing to suspend Spain from NATO and review America's position on Britain's Falkland Islands claim, in retaliation against allies who refused access, basing, and overflight for Iran operations. The email is circulating at the Pentagon's highest levels.

Fourth angle: Iran's 'mosquito fleet' -- hundreds of IRGC fast-attack boats mining the Strait of Hormuz. Trump orders the Navy to destroy any vessel laying mines, but the Straits Times notes the irony: the same administration that claims to have 'decimated' Iran's navy is ordering shots at speedboats it supposedly destroyed.