USA Spent Nearly $6 Billion on Ammunition in First Two Days of Strikes on Iran

The United States Armed Forces spent approximately $5.6 billion on ammunition in the first two days of strikes on Iran.

This was reported by The Washington Post, citing three US officials.

According to WP, these expenditures have caused concern among some lawmakers in Congress.

Politicians fear that the intensive use of high-precision weapons could quickly deplete the US Army’s limited stocks of the most advanced ammunition.

An estimate of the costs for the first days of the operation against Iran was presented to Congress on Monday. It also intensified discussions about how the campaign affects the overall combat readiness of the US Armed Forces.

The Trump administration is expected to submit a request to Congress for additional defense funding in the near future. The potential amount could be tens of billions of dollars, which are needed to continue the hostilities.

At the same time, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine have previously stated that US forces will gradually move away from the massive use of precision-guided weapons.

Instead, there are plans to make more active use of laser-guided aerial bombs, of which there are larger stocks.

In total, in the first days of the operation against Iran, the US military used hundreds of precision-guided weapons. These included modified Tomahawk cruise missiles and modern air defense interceptor missiles.

The US Central Command reported that since the start of the operation on February 28, more than 5,000 targets have been hit in Iran using more than 2,000 munitions.

In the first hours of the operation, an air strike on Tehran eliminated Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the country for 37 years.

According to the US Department of Defense, more than 50,000 American military personnel are participating in Operation Epic Fury.