What Is the Daily Cost of Operation Epic Fury

Operation Epic Fury against Iran is now days old, and the price tag is already staggering—nearly 900 million dollars every single day, according to CNN estimates.

Air operations cost 30 million daily, naval operations 15 million, and ground operations 1.6 million.

The aircraft carrier alone runs 6 million a day, with stealth fighters, destroyers, and tankers adding millions more.

In the first 100 hours alone, the war cost 3.7 billion dollars—more than last summer’s entire two-and-a-half-hour Operation Midnight Hammer.

And there’s still no end in sight. The Pentagon hasn’t asked Congress for a supplemental budget, and the administration’s timeline keeps shifting.

Experts are already projecting: the Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates a two-month war could cost between 40 and 95 billion dollars, depending on boots on the ground and munitions replenishment.

For context, the Iraq war cost nearly 3 trillion. The meter is running, and the bill is climbing with every passing day.