CSIS Estimates $891 Million Daily Cost for Initial U.S.-Led Iran Operations

The Defense Department won’t say how much Operation Epic Fury might cost, but one bipartisan think tank is putting the price tag at some $891 million a day for the first four days of the attack — or $3.7 billion total.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies says the eye-popping numbers are due largely to the intensity of the initial attacks that began Saturday, during which the U.S. pounded Iran with some 2,000 precision munitions.

“Some of these costs are already budgeted, but most ($3.5 billion) are not,” according to the CSIS analysis.

Among the 2,000 precision munitions fired includes an unknown number of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which cost more than $2 million apiece.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/much-war-iran-costing-us-022000210.html

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