Pentagon Tells Congress First Week of Iran War Cost More Than $11.3 Billion

[Uncle Joe]

In a Capitol Hill briefing, officials gave their most comprehensive assessment of the cost of the first six days of the war, but the number omitted several aspects of the operation.

A closed-door briefing at the Capitol with Pentagon officials discussed the cost of the war.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times

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The estimate did not include many of the costs associated with the operation, such as the buildup of military hardware and personnel ahead of the first strikes. For that reason, lawmakers expect the number to grow considerably as the Pentagon continues to calculate the costs that accumulated just in the first week.

Still, it appeared to be the most comprehensive assessment Congress had received so far amid mounting questions about the objectives, scope and time frame for the war. The New York Times and The Washington Post reported earlier that defense officials had said in recent congressional briefings that the military used up $5.6 billion of munitions in the first two days of the war.

That is a far larger amount and munitions burn rate than had been publicly disclosed. The Center for Strategic and International Studies had estimated that the first 100 hours of the operation cost $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each day.

The first wave of the bombardment used weapons including the AGM-154 glide bomb, which can cost from $578,000 to $836,000. The Navy bought 3,000 of them nearly two decades ago. Since then, the U.S. military has said it will switch to using far less expensive bombs, such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition. The smallest size of warhead costs about $1,000, and the guidance kit runs about $38,000.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/world/middleeast/iran-war-costs-pentagon.html

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1. Tax cuts for mega-wealthy oligarchs while health care, and other domestic programs for the American People are slashed, check.

2. Starting an open ended war with Iran; which in turn serves to fund Putin's war against Ukraine while even further exploding the debt, check.

[BootinUp]

1. It's too bad the public doesn't read the news. Nt

[Bread and Circuses]

2. I hope they're so proud that they MURDERED school children