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Astonishing cost of Iran war revealed
The astonishing cost the US is paying to attack Iran has been revealed.
The Trump administration has said it spent $US5.6 billion ($7.8bn) in munitions alone just the first two days of the war, reported Reuters.
There are some reports the conflict is costing $US2bn ($2.8bn) per day meaning the cost could be around $35 billion so far.
The White House has not publically released the figures. But it is soon expected to request a further $US50 billion ($70bn) from Congress to fund the war, although Reuters said some Washington staffers believe that figure is low.
While drones are relatively cheap, costing tens of thousands of dollars each, Tomahawk missiles can cost millions.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who was part of a two-hour classified briefing on Tuesday night, US time, has said the Trump administration’s plans for the conflict were “incoherent and incomplete” and threatened an “endless war” as the US went continually back to knock out Iran’s military after it was rebuilt.
The IRGC will eventually have to pay reparations for the economic damage they are causing. Besides the lives and property in neighboring countries, the financial losses to commercial shipping and airlines etc.
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