{"id":48539,"date":"2026-04-29T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/29\/iran-war-has-cost-25-billion-so-far-pentagon-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:52:45","slug":"iran-war-has-cost-25-billion-so-far-pentagon-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2026\/04\/29\/iran-war-has-cost-25-billion-so-far-pentagon-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war has cost $25 billion so far, Pentagon official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operation Epic Fury in Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/03\/12\/price-tag-for-epic-fury-tops-11-billion-in-first-six-days-pentagon-tells-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/03\/12\/price-tag-for-epic-fury-tops-11-billion-in-first-six-days-pentagon-tells-congress\/\">cost<\/a> American taxpayers roughly $25 billion so far, the Pentagon\u2019s chief financial officer revealed on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting comptroller Jules Hurst III, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, said that the bulk of the figure has been devoted to ordnance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApproximately, at this day, we are spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury, most of that is in munitions,\u201d Hurst told lawmakers, adding that some of the costs also included operations, maintenance and equipment replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/03\/19\/it-takes-money-to-kill-bad-guys-pentagon-seeks-200-billion-in-new-funding-for-war-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/03\/19\/it-takes-money-to-kill-bad-guys-pentagon-seeks-200-billion-in-new-funding-for-war-in-iran\/\">formulate a supplemental<\/a> [bill] through the White House that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/16\/white-house-offers-no-hint-of-iran-war-cost-as-it-seeks-military-funding-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/16\/white-house-offers-no-hint-of-iran-war-cost-as-it-seeks-military-funding-surge\/\">marked the first time<\/a> that President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has publicly disclosed the war\u2019s financial toll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Pentagon officials appeared on Capitol Hill for what had been scheduled as a review of the Department of Defense\u2019s $1.5 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2027, only for the proceedings to be subsumed by the war in Iran, which began with a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Feb. 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirteen American service members have been killed in the operation, with 400 others wounded, <a href=\"https:\/\/dcas.dmdc.osd.mil\/dcas\/app\/conflictCasualties\/oefu\/deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/dcas.dmdc.osd.mil\/dcas\/app\/conflictCasualties\/oefu\/deaths\">according to Pentagon data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a contentious exchange with Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., insisted that the war\u2019s expenditure is justified to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe question that I would ask this committee is, \u2018What is it worth to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, considering the radical ambitions of that regime?\u2019\u201d Hegseth said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3672\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg 5500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-04-29T143010Z_1619934232_RC22ZKATGYDC_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-CONGRESS.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5500px) 100vw, 5500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine and Chief Financial Officer Jules W. 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