Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $43.6 Billion, With 60% Spent on Munitions
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $43.6 Billion, With 60% Spent on Munitions
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
Summary
$43.6 billion is the Pentagon’s estimate for the Iran war through Sept. 3, in an unclassified report to Congress that for the first time breaks out costs by service and category.
$28.1 billion—more than 60% of the total—went to bombs, missiles and other munitions since the war began on Feb. 28, draining stockpiles of key weapons including Patriot interceptors.
$6.6 billion covered Air Force operations, while the Navy spent $2.2 billion to deploy more than two dozen warships and the Army $1.6 billion to sustain regional forces.
$4.3 billion has gone to replacing damaged or destroyed aircraft and other equipment, and $633 million to move and support several thousand Special Operations troops.
More than 50,000 troops are assigned to the mission, underscoring the scale of a war whose costs are also pulling supplies from U.S. commands in Asia and Europe.