New estimated US price tag for war in Iran now up to $29 billion

New York Post ^ | 05/12/2026 | Ryan King

[Responsibility2nd]

WASHINGTON — The estimated price tag for the war in Iran so far has jumped to $29 billion, up from the $25 billion figure given at the end of April, a senior Pentagon official revealed Tuesday.

Jules Hurst, acting under secretary of Defense who serves as the de facto chief financial officer at the Pentagon, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the higher amount came from a further crunching of the numbers.

“The Joint Staff team, with the comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate, and so now we think it’s closer to [$]29 [billion],” Hurst said.

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During the roughly two-hour-long hearing, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth fielded bipartisan grumblings that the Pentagon hasn’t been more upfront with lawmakers about the more specific costs of the war in Iran.

“We’ll share what we can,” Hegseth said. “When it’s relevant and required, we will share it.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bibiswaruspays; iranwar; jewhatingkeywrdtroll; mullahloversonfr; multiplenicks; wortheverypenny

[kaktuskid]

And how much has Ukraine cost?

[Palio di Siena]

How much Somali fraud?

[madison10]

How much is fraud from California and Minnesota costing the taxpayers?

[proust]

How much was wasted on DOGE checks and tariff rebates?

[Sacajaweau]

$29 bn or a nuke in my back yard?

Choose wisely!!

[Jonty30]

You can keep the nuke, but I’ll take the $29 billion.

[TTFX]

AI Overview

As of early 2026, the United States Congress has appropriated approximately $188 billion in total funding related to the war in Ukraine since the February 2022 invasion.

[Brian Griffin]

Prime target list for 11 bombs:

metro DC: Dupont Circle (upscale DC), Bethesda (MD suburbs), Tyson’s Corner (VA suburbs)
metro NY: Midtown Manhattan, Crown Heights (upscale Brooklyn & Queens)
Boston area: Newton (downtown to Wellesley)
Atlanta: Buckhead (downtown to Perimeter)
Chicago: day: Lincoln Park, night: Winnetka (most of the Gold Coast and lots of The Loop)
metro LA: Beverly Hills (Santa Monica to downtown LA)
SF Bay Area: Pacific Heights (SF), Mountain View (Silicon Valley)

What sayeth you, Representative Pelosi, to sending in US troops to snatch the uranium?

Senator Schumer?

AOC?

And then there’s the radioactive fallout issue....

[sphinx]

For that much money, California could probably build another two or three miles of the train to nowhere.

[libertylover]

Pretty cheap to prevent Tel Aviv, New York, and Washington from being nuked.

[Fungi]

Here are just eight federal departments, with total yearly expenditures, employees, and year created.Which one has no fraud and is absolutely essential? Half of these should be eliminated entirely, the other half shrunk by 50%.

Department of Labor $137.97B 14,062 1913
Department of Agriculture $134.12B 84,496 1862
Department of Veterans Affairs $97.7B 427,172 1989
Department of Interior $90B 56,718 1849
Department of Transportation $73.2B 53,037 1966
Department of Justice $46.2B 115,897 1870
Department of Education $45.4B 4,178 1980
Department of Housing and Urban Development $40.53B 8,081 1965

[albie]

And? Let’s talk about fraud from Dems…

[faithhopecharity]

that’s dirt cheap, a bargain if PDJT lets the great USAF and USN finish the job now.

[Bikkuri]

"And how much has Ukraine cost?"

Wasn't it over $$$350 Billion?

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”” The estimated price tag for the war in Iran so far has jumped to $29 billion,”””

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Send the bill to the Somalis. They have plenty of money from their fraudulent enterprises.

[Miami Rebel]

This “imminent threat” business is a bore. Nine weeks into this excursion and we’ve yet to see a shred of evidence to support it.

[Doc91678]

Seems a lot less than what Joey Biden gave the Ukraine to fight off Russia.
Biden allocated over $188 billion in aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, with a significant portion aimed at military assistance to counter Russian advances.

[Miami Rebel]

Current tally is $185 billion. Most of it was in the form of obsolete munitions or funds to buy new American ones.

And given the disrepair of Russia, it’s been worth it strategically.

[Pol-92064]

I guess the funds, people & countries buying US debt don’t care. But someday they will when the USA has an economy crash and defaults on debt. In 2008 the USA was able to sell more debt in the bond market. Today it doesn’t have the ability to do that when the shiza hits the fan. IMHO.