Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, watchdog says
The report says $22.3 billion went to expended munitions and $3.7 billion to equipment losses as attacks damaged U.S. bases and aircraft.
- A new report from The Pentagon Inspector General estimates the war with Iran cost more than $33 billion by June, including $3.7 billion in equipment losses and the loss of "dozens" of aircraft.
- Expenses surged after The Pentagon and Iran resumed hostilities in July, just days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding intended to end the war and begin nuclear negotiations.
- The conflict destroyed "hundreds of buildings and structures" at bases in the region and resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls. Damage to diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates totaled $184 million.
- Riyadh shut down its key East-West pipeline after sustaining multiple attacks last Friday, threatening about 4% of the global oil supply. The Houthis are targeting energy infrastructure and blocking the Hormuz Strait.
- Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on Sunday that a regional meeting scheduled for Monday in Salalah was postponed "in the interests of consensus." Hostilities show no signs of abating.
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US’s loss in Iran war report: over 40 aircraft, 18 deaths
The Defense Department's Inspector General has told Congress that the United States has lost at least 18 soldiers and 40 aircraft in the war with Iran. The report also reported shortfalls in munitions stockpiles, contradicting President Donald Trump's claims that stockpiles were adequate.
Pentagon report reveals cost of Iran war in terms of weapons shortages, damage to U.S. facilities
A U.S. government watchdog has released its first report on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military's advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.
Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, watchdog says
The report by the Pentagon's inspector general also detailed the extent of munitions shortfalls in the first comprehensive public accounting of the cost and military impact of the war with Iran.
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