Iran war has cost the U.S. $25 billion so far, Pentagon official says

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Source: NBC News

April 29, 2026, 11:55 AM EDT / Updated April 29, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT


A top Pentagon official said Wednesday that the cost of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran is estimated to be $25 billion so far, as the conflict nears a 60-day mark. The cost estimate came from acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III, who testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine.

"Approximately, of this day, we're spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury," Hurst told the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. He added that most of those costs are from munitions and included operations, maintenance and equipment replacements.

During his questioning time, Smith pointed out that the Pentagon hadn't updated Congress on the cost of the war since it began and asked whether the Defense Department plans to ask Congress for supplemental funding to finance the ongoing conflict. "We will formulate a supplemental, through the White House, that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict," Hurst told Smith.

Later, in the afternoon, the comptroller also promised to provide lawmakers with a cost breakdown of what the $25 billion was spent on following questions from Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/iran-war-cost-25-billion-dollars-us-munitions-hegseth-armed-services-rcna342714

[Irish_Dem]

1. Probably closer to double that.

We know Trump and his crime syndicate burn through money with their grifting like crazy.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Pretty slick accounting

The whole Kegseth racket needs auditing.

[republianmushroom]

3. And that is direct trackable military cost.

[LoisB]

4. How many hungry people could have been fed with that money?

[William Seger]

6. It's really, really depressing how much good could have been done with that money (nt)

[LoisB]

7. Yes. We seem to only have money for wars, tax cuts for people who don't need

them, and ballrooms.

[patphil]

5. I think they spent that much in the first 3 weeks of the war.

I don't think they are taking into account the cost of restocking all our missiles and bombs, and repairing the damage to all our bases in the middle east. Not to mention the cost of maintaining all the ships and planes we've been using.
One thing the military certainly isn't counting is the cost of resupplying the everyday consumable items needed by the crews of our ships;. In fact, except for weapons, it doesn't look like they're resupplying them at all.
We came into this war at the decision of one man, without any planning or preparing for anything more than a two week war.
Now 2 months in, and with no end in sight, that lack of preparation has seriously damaged our nation's ability to defend itself, and Donnie Dumbass seems not to have any concern about what he has done.
I don't think he's able to comprehend the mess he's making, and Hegseth certainly isn't about to tell him.