Pentagon's $33.4 Billion Iran War Estimate Leaves Out the Oil Shock
The US Department of War has put the price of Operation Epic Fury, its campaign against Iran, at $33.4 billion across the first four months. The burden on American consumers has been far heavier.
Higher fuel prices since the war began have cost US households roughly $106.4 billion, according to a Brown University tracker. That is triple the Pentagon's estimated bill.
Pentagon Prices the Iran War at $33.4 Billion
The figure appears in the report by the Lead Inspector General on Operation Epic Fury, the campaign launched on February 28.
Munitions account for $22.3 billion of the total. Cumulative obligations reach $7.4 billion, and destroyed or damaged equipment adds another $3.7 billion.
That spending has drained stockpiles. The acquisition and sustainment office said the rate of munitions use left strategic inventory shortfalls and exposed resupply bottlenecks.
The department is now streamlining procurement timelines and production lead times. It is also stockpiling critical materials, components, and selected munitions to move faster in a future contingency.
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