More than $11.3 billion was spent by the Pentagon in the first six days of the war in Iran
The first six days of the war in Iran have cost the U.S. billions of dollars without it yet winning the conflict.
During a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill, Pentagon officials informed lawmakers that the estimated cost of the conflict in which the United States became involved by bombing Iran exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days of the operation.
Twelve days have now passed since February 28, when Donald Trump ordered the launch of a full arsenal against various points in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
To justify a second attack in less than eight months, the US president claimed that Iranian leaders never showed any real interest in committing to halting their uranium enrichment program, which aroused distrust and even fear that they intended to create destructive weapons using this element.
Hence the decision to annihilate the top brass of the so-called regime, starting with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, its supreme leader.
Although the idea of ??eliminating the rebellious Iranians in a matter of hours was floated, time marches on and US military spending continues to increase with no end in sight to a conflict whose cost has already reached billions of dollars.
Quoting Having consulted sources close to the Pentagon, whose identities they pledged to keep confidential, The New York Times and The Washington Post were the first news outlets to offer a breakdown of the money spent at the start of what was called Operation Epic Fury.
To begin with, a report states that approximately $3.7 billion was spent during the first 100 hours of the military offensive in Iran.
However, if that amount is divided by days, the figure is just over $891.4 million.
It is then indicated that the first two days of bombings cost around $5.6 billion in munitions.
In contrast, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of the United States Central Command,He issued a statement indicating that “more than 5,500 targets inside Iran have been attacked, including more than 60 ships.” The point is that the timeline appears to have slipped in relation to the objectives set by the US military leadership to achieve the surrender of the Iranians. The implicit risk of continuing to squander money at a complex time for the US economy, trying to avoid a rise in inflation and boost sluggish financial growth, could become the Achilles' heel of the federal government if the war drags on even longer.