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The war with Iran has outgo the U.S. subject astatine slightest $47.1 cardinal arsenic of mid-October, according to a caller estimation from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News.
The bulk of the war's terms tag is the outgo of replacing expended munitions, which CENTCOM pegged astatine astir $29 billion, according to the latest estimate, which was provided to lawmakers. The subject besides tallied $6.1 cardinal to regenerate mislaid instrumentality and astir $11.9 cardinal successful incremental costs similar enactment for American work members.
The estimation does not see the outgo of harm to U.S. subject bases successful the Middle East, galore of which were targeted by Iranian drones and missiles.
By comparison, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers 3 months ago the warfare had outgo astir $37.5 billion, not including damaged U.S. bases.
The Congressional Budget Office said past month the warfare could outgo $2 cardinal to $3 cardinal per period for arsenic agelong arsenic it continues, successful portion owed to the request to regenerate interceptor missiles to support against Iranian attacks. That outgo could emergence during tit-for-tat exchanges betwixt the U.S. and Iran, which were communal implicit the summertime but person been quiescent successful caller weeks.
CBS News has reached retired to the Pentagon for comment.
The Iran warfare volition participate its ninth period this week, and the conflict's aboriginal is unclear. President Trump has suggested helium mightiness restart hostilities with Iran aft adjacent month's midterm elections unless Iran agrees to a deal. "We whitethorn bash different small Epic Fury, oregon they'll agree," helium told supporters during a rally successful Florida past week.
The Pentagon's inspector wide said past month the U.S. is facing "strategic inventory shortfalls" owed to the fig of munitions expended during the war, starring the Defense Department to enactment to velocity up production. The Trump medication has argued the subject isn't facing shortages, with Mr. Trump saying successful aboriginal September, "we person virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition, acold much than we could ever use."
The medication asked Congress to o.k. tens of billions of dollars successful supplemental subject backing earlier this year, successful portion owed to the Iran war. That petition has not yet passed, and Democrats person pressed Hegseth for a much elaborate accounting of the war's cost.
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