{"id":42751,"date":"2026-03-06T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42751"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:26","slug":"operation-epic-fury-burns-an-estimated-5-82b-in-just-100-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42751","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Operation Epic Fury\u2019 burns an estimated $5.82b in just 100 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first 100 hours of ‘Operation Epic Fury’\u00a0have cost US forces at least an estimated $5.82 billion, or about 0.69% of the entire 2026 US defence budget, according to data compiled by Anadolu.<\/p>\n

Anadolu estimates that the US spent $779 million in the first 24 hours of the operation. As operations have continued, the total operational cost of US offensives has tallied to approximately $3.3 billion, with figures from the Center for Strategic and International Studies showing a similar total.<\/p>\n

In addition to operational costs, the US has lost significant military assets in Iran\u2019s retaliatory strikes. According to estimates by Anadolu, the US has already lost roughly $2.52 billion.<\/p>\n

US asset losses<\/p>\n

The primary contributor to the losses is a US AN\/FPS-132 early warning radar system at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, valued at $1.1 billion, which was struck by an Iranian missile on Saturday. Qatar confirmed that the radar was hit and damaged.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, three F-15E Strike Eagles were lost in a friendly fire incident involving Kuwaiti air defences. While all six aircrew survived, the planes did not — with the cost of replacing them estimated at $282 million.<\/p>\n

US officials speaking to CBS News said that three MQ-9 Reaper Surveillance and Attack Drones belonging to the US Air Force have been downed so far, at an estimated cost of $90 million.<\/p>\n

Read More: US loses nearly $2b worth of military equipment in first 4 days of Iran war<\/p>\n

During its initial attack on Saturday, Iran struck the US Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, destroying two satellite communications terminals and several large buildings.<\/p>\n

Open-source intelligence reports identified the targeted SATCOM terminals as AN\/GSC-52Bs, with an estimated cost of $20 million, factoring in deployment and installation costs.<\/p>\n

In addition to the SATCOM terminals lost in Bahrain, satellite imagery analyzed by the New York Times of Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, shows three more radomes destroyed, adding roughly $30 million in costs.<\/p>\n

Since initial reports of a destroyed AN\/TPY-2 radar component of the THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) System deployed at Al-Ruwais Industrial City in the United Arab Emirates, at least one other AN\/TPY-2 system in Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan appears to have been destroyed.<\/p>\n

The damaged radar components are estimated to be worth $500 million each. There are also reports that another system has been hit in the UAE, however, there has been no official confirmation or satellite imagery to support this claim.<\/p>\n

Altogether, Iran has damaged an estimated $2.52 billion worth of US military assets in the region.<\/p>\n

US offensive costs<\/p>\n

According to analysis by the CSIS, Anadolu\u2019s initial estimate of $779 million appears to represent roughly a daily expenditure for US forces.<\/p>\n

CSIS estimates it will cost $3.1 billion to replenish the US munitions inventory on a like-for-like basis for the first 100 hours, with the costs increasing by $758.1 million per day.<\/p>\n

As the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R\u00a0Ford remain in the region with their contingent of destroyers and littoral combat ships, they continue to expend an estimated $15 million a day.<\/p>\n

US defensive systems were also heavily used to intercept Iranian attacks. According to estimates by the Payne Institute, the US has fired approximately 180 SM-2\/SM-3\/SM-6 naval interceptors, 90 Patriot PAC-2\/PAC-3 missiles, and 40 THAAD interceptors.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first 100 hours of ‘Operation Epic Fury’\u00a0have cost US forces at least an estimated $5.82 billion, or about 0.69% of the entire 2026 US defence budget, according to data compiled by Anadolu. Anadolu estimates that the US spent $779 million in the first 24 hours of the operation. As operations have continued, the total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}