US EditionThe Iran War Bill Is Rising — and You’re Already Paying It
Pentagon reports nearly $1 billion daily cost for U.S.-led strikes on Iran, with over 2,000 munitions fired and supplemental budget requests imminent, analysts say.
- On Thursday, CSIS estimated that the war with Iran costs nearly $1 billion daily, with $3.7 billion spent in the first 100 hours, about $891.4 million per day.
- US expended more than 2,000 munitions in the first 100 hours and needs $3.1 billion to replenish stocks, while Shahed drones have forced heavier missile use due to interception challenges.
- US officials say the Pentagon has already spent $5.6 billion on munitions in the first two days, lost three F-15 fighter jets in a friendly-fire incident costing roughly $351 million, and used $2.2 million each Tomahawk cruise missiles linked to a deadly strike.
- Pentagon officials have prepared a supplemental budget request of about $50bn to replace missiles used in the war, while Representative Brendan Boyle asked the Congressional Budget Office on March 5 to model costs beyond five weeks.
- Kent Smetters, director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, warns that taxpayers could face $65bn in costs as diesel prices rose 27% to $4.78 a gallon, and gas hit $3.54 on Tuesday, affecting broader consumer impacts.
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The Iran war bill is rising — and you’re already paying it
The war in Iran is costing American taxpayers close to $1 billion a day — and maybe more. Tuesday could be especially pricey. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it would bring the “most intense day” of U.S. strikes on Iran so far in the 11 days since the conflict began. So far, U.S. forces have hit more than 5,000 targets, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at an early morning news conference. The war’s human costs are …
Iran is broadcast through a high-ranking consultant that it is prepared for a "long war" with the US and excluded, at the same time, diplomacy, while the conflict has blocked the Hormuz Stream, forced oil over $100 of the bar and determined Donald Trump to deliver more and more contradictory messages about the duration and objectives of the military campaign. The article “Epic Fury”, on 11th, Iran transmits that it is prepared for a “long war”. …
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