{"id":48844,"date":"2026-05-12T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/12\/pentagon-seeks-additional-funding-as-cost-of-iran-war-tops-29-billon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:13:35","slug":"pentagon-seeks-additional-funding-as-cost-of-iran-war-tops-29-billon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2026\/05\/12\/pentagon-seeks-additional-funding-as-cost-of-iran-war-tops-29-billon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon seeks additional funding as cost of Iran war tops $29 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States has spent an estimated $29 billion in the war against Iran, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as senior defense officials appeared on Capitol Hill for back-to-back budget hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Hurst III, the Defense Department\u2019s acting comptroller, said the increase from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/29\/iran-war-has-cost-25-billion-so-far-pentagon-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/29\/iran-war-has-cost-25-billion-so-far-pentagon-official-says\/\">$25 billion<\/a> just two weeks ago reflects \u201cupdated repair and replacement of equipment costs,\u201d along with the \u201cgeneral operational costs\u201d of sustaining forces in the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hurst emphasized that the projection does not include expenditures for repairing damaged military installations in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a lot of unknowns there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know what our future posture is going to be. We don\u2019t know how we construct those bases, and we don\u2019t know what part our allies or partners could pay into our MILCON costs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tenuous month-long ceasefire in the Middle East hangs in the balance after President Donald Trump on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/05\/11\/trump-says-war-on-iran-not-done-but-concerns-rise-about-munitions-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/05\/11\/trump-says-war-on-iran-not-done-but-concerns-rise-about-munitions-shortages\/\">dismissed Tehran\u2019s latest proposal<\/a> to end the war as \u201cgarbage.\u201d Hours later, the Speaker of Iran\u2019s parliament warned that the country stands ready to \u201cdeliver a lesson-teaching response\u201d to any act of aggression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a declared truce, the two sides have continued to exchange limited fire near the Strait of Hormuz. 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