The Pentagon calculates the conflict cost $11.3B in the first six days of the war.
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So far, the war in Iran, according to Pentagon officials, has been, well, costly.
On Tuesday, Pentagon officials informed legislators during a closed-door briefing that they calculated that the toll of the Iran war was more than $11.3 billion during the first six days of the conflict, the New York Times reported, citing three unnamed individuals familiar with the briefing.
That calculation did not include many expenses linked to the effort, such as buildup of military assets and personnel prior to the first strikes, the outlet added.
Other reports indicate that the briefing involved senators, according to Fox News.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., a Senate Armed Services Committee staffer, noted that he could only speak for the minority staff, referred Fox News Digital to a March 10 letter that the senator sent to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, pressing for information about the costs of the war.
“Since the initial strikes on February 28, 2026, how much has the Department spent on these operations? How much are the daily costs of these operations? What are the costs to readiness? How much funding does the Department need to replenish munitions and aircraft combat losses?” Reed asked in part of the letter.
No comment was provided by the GOP side of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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But Fox News Digital also contacted the Department of War and the House Armed Services Committee Republican communications office on Thursday.
The war-related outlays come as the ever-expanding U.S. national debt nears the $39 trillion mark.
President Donald Trump has been waging the costly war together with Israel, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. But Americans have been seeing a major surge in gas prices at home.
“The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money. BUT, of far greater interest and importance to me, as President, is stopping an evil Empire, Iran, from having Nuclear Weapons, and destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the World. I won’t ever let that happen!” Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post.
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