Open Source Iran War Cost Tracker: 45.7B
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- #US budget
- #military spending
- #defense
- US military spending tracker starts from April 20, 2024, when $26B emergency aid for Israel was approved.
- Focuses on financial costs only, excluding human costs like lives lost and displacement.
- Created to consolidate scattered data on military spending from various government sources.
- Includes escalation timeline of US spending tied to Iran conflict from April 2024 to February 2026.
- Calculates individual taxpayer share based on ~150 million US tax filers.
- Highlights opportunity costs by comparing military spending to other federal programs.
- Interactive feature shows real-time spending since the page was loaded.
- All estimates are based on publicly available data as precise totals are undisclosed by the US government.