The cost of the United States' campaign against Iran over the past five weeks is $22.3 billion to $31 billion. – estimates Elaine McCusker, senior researcher at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and former senior Pentagon budget official, quoted by the Financial Times. The war has been going on for 39 days, which gives an average of approximately USD 570-795 million. daily.
Since February 28, 13 Americans have been killed in attacks on American bases. More than 300 American soldiers were injured.
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The United States is spending billions of dollars on the war against Iran
Elaine McCusker's calculations include the cost of deploying additional U.S. forces in the Middle East from the end of December, but do not include a full assessment of the damage, which will most likely not be known until the end of hostilities.
As “FT” writes, from USD 2.1 to 3.6 billion. costs of combat damage and equipment replacement. The upper end of this range includes the cost of repairing the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which was taken out of service for maintenance after a laundry fire, and the cost of repairing a ballistic missile early warning system in Qatar that was damaged by a drone.
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The Pentagon wants an additional 200 billion for the war with Iran
U.S. losses in troops and equipment are minor by the standards of wars in which the two sides are more evenly matched, defense experts say, but Iran's destruction of costly U.S. radar systems has made Washington more vulnerable to attack in future conflicts in other theaters, such as China, the Financial Times writes.
The Pentagon is seeking an additional $200 billion. from Congress to cover the costs of its activities in Iran.
Source: Financial Times
