New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The US Pentagon is reportedly urging domestic defence companies to ramp up weapons production to replenish a depleted munitions stockpile, including supplies used during the ongoing war with Iran.

In a statement released on Saturday (local time), Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the department was actively focused on strengthening munitions acquisitions to provide "the weapons our warfighters need at the pace the threat demands," The Washington Post reported.

Parnell also confirmed that the department had worked over the past week to accelerate the process substantially, but stressed that the effort was part of a wider modernisation drive that began before the five-month-old conflict.

The development comes week...