BILLIONS BURNEDIn a briefing to Congress, Pentagon officials revealed that the initial six-day surge of the Iran campaign carried a price tag exceeding 11.3 billion dollars. "If all you're looking at is the replacement cost for the munitions used, it's already well beyond 10 billion dollars." For instance, an estimated 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired into Iranian skies in the first 72 hours of the operation, with each costing roughly 2.2 million dollars. That amounts to nearly 1 billion dollars sent up in smoke in just days. As multiple media outlets reported, the department is requesting an additional 200 billion dollars as military attacks on Iran ground through Day 20.

Source: The Guardian March 20, 2026 06:35 UTC