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🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Iran war has now cost the US at least $47.1 billion, per a new Pentagon estimate given to Congress.
The figure, from US Central Command and current as of October 16, is $3.5 billion higher than the roughly $43.6 billion estimate from early September. Most of it, about $29 billion, goes to replacing munitions used in the conflict. Another $11.9 billion covers operating costs, and $6.1 billion is for replacing lost equipment, including aircraft and drones.
The total is more than 25% above Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's July estimate of $37.5 billion. The Pentagon says the war costs an estimated $2 billion to $3 billion a month while it continues. The estimate doesn't clearly include the cost of repairing US bases hit by Iranian missile and drone attacks.
The war, launched with Israel in late February, has become a major midterm issue. Moody's Analytics estimates it has cost the average American household about $2,000, counting energy prices and other effects. Democrats have pressed the Pentagon for a fuller accounting, while the Trump administration is seeking additional military funding.
The bill could keep growing. Reports say Trump is weighing renewed strikes after the November 3 election and that Gulf allies have been told to prepare, though no final decision has been made. Trump has also predicted the war will "end very soon."
The Pentagon's official tally lists 21 service members killed and 865 wounded.
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