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Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates
The Pentagon's $5.6 billion munitions spending in Iran's first 48 hours excludes broader deployment costs and raises concerns about rapid depletion of U.S. advanced weapon stockpiles.
- On Tuesday, the Pentagon told U.S. Congress it used about $5.6 billion in munitions during the first 48 hours, The Washington Post reported.
- Amid broader US-Israel-Iran friction, the campaign began on February 28, with strikes targeting Tehran since early hours, the Pentagon said.
- US forces struck thousands of targets using diverse munitions, hitting more than 5,000 targets with over 2,000 munitions and spending nearly $4 billion on interceptors including Patriot and THAAD from South Korea.
- The White House plans to send a supplemental defence budget request this week potentially totaling $50 billion, and members of Congress say the estimate raises fresh readiness concerns.
- Stockpiles already stressed by commitments to Ukraine and Asia are straining, with analysts estimating $3.7 billion for replenishment and $350 million for repairs, amid rising daily costs.
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The US military spent $5.6 billion (about €4.8 billion) on ammunition alone in the first two days of the attacks on Iran, which began on February 28, the Washington Post reports, citing a previously unpublished Pentagon report to Congress.
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