The United States has spent more than 44.5 billion dollars for 39 days of military operation Epic Fury against Iran, and this amount continues to grow daily by one billion.

This is evidenced by updated data from Iran War Cost Tracker, based on Pentagon reports to the U.S. Congress, according to Dengi.ua .

The financial burden of the campaign is accompanied by the rapid depletion of U.S. missile defense stocks and thousands of military and civilian casualties.

How much the US is spending on the war with Iran: official data and forecasts

According to a closed Pentagon briefing, only the first six days of intense fighting cost the US budget more than 11.3 billion dollars. Now the war has moved into a phase of colossal daily spending.

The cost meter records the rate at which taxpayer funds are being burned:

  • per day: $1 billion;
  • per hour: over $41,6 million;
  • per second: $11,574.

At the same time, alternative estimates suggest an even greater scale. In particular, Penn Wharton Budget Model analysts predict that the total macroeconomic impact of the conflict could reach $210 billion, with direct budgetary costs ranging from $40 billion to $95 billion.

The number of dead and wounded during Operation Epic Fury

In addition to the financial losses, the war is taking an unprecedented human toll. According to summary counter data, drawing on information from CENTCOM, the Red Crescent, and international agencies, the cost of the conflict is:

  • United States: 13 military personnel killed, 300 wounded;
  • Iran (military): more than 5,007 killed, including the country's top leadership;
  • Iran (civilians): more than 1,508 killed and more than 21,079 wounded.

Separately, a tragedy was recorded in the city of Minab: a strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school killed 175 people, mostly children aged 7-12 and staff. UNESCO has officially condemned these actions.

Why the war is depleting U.S. air defenses and threatening Ukraine's security

Defense Priorities analysts draw attention to a critical asymmetry in the cost of weapons. In the first 48 hours alone, more than $10 billion was spent on air defense systems.

The cost-to-intercept ratio is 106 to 1:

  • Iran's Shahed-136 drone: costs about $35,000;
  • THAAD interceptor: $12.7 million;
  • PAC-3 (Patriot) missile: $3.7 million.

Production of new missiles has not kept pace with the rate of use. In a prolonged conflict, the entire stockpile of U.S. interceptors could be completely exhausted in as little as four to five weeks. This creates a direct vulnerability for countries that depend on US defense supplies, in particular NATO, Ukraine, Taiwan and Japan.