US Spent $11.3 Billion in First Week of War With Iran
Joint Direct Attack Munitions on a trailer near a US Air Force bomber on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 11.
Photographer: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesUS officials told lawmakers that the first six days of the war with Iran cost more than $11.3 billion, a person familiar with the matter said, giving the most detailed assessment yet of the expense involved in President Donald Trump’s military campaign.
Pentagon officials gave the estimate in a closed-door briefing with Senate appropriations staff this week, according to the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. The actual cost is likely much higher because the number doesn’t include the expense of operating ships and maintaining personnel deployed in the region.