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US counts cost of equipment destroyed in Iran war

Lost aircraft and radars contribute to estimated $500mn daily price tag and leave US exposed elsewhere

Donald Trump’s war against Iran is costing the US hundreds of millions of dollars a day — and about a tenth of that is the price of military equipment destroyed in the fighting, according to recent analysis.

US losses of soldiers and materiel are light by the standards of wars in which the two sides are more evenly matched, defence experts say, but Iran’s destruction of costly US radar systems has left Washington more vulnerable in the event of future conflicts in other theatres such as China.

There have been 13 American deaths in strikes on US bases since February 28. More than 300 American soldiers have been wounded.

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