Kochi: The US has incurred a loss of 37.5 billion dollars in its war with Iran, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee it was urgent that lawmakers approve another $87bn in congressional funding for the Pentagon, BBC reported.
The US carried out an 11th consecutive day of strikes on Tuesday.
Hegseth said current and future training for military members would need to be cut without the funds, as he repeatedly blamed former President Joe Biden’s administration for what he said was an underfunded military.
They said the current estimate did not include costs like construction for damaged American bases.
There had been no official government estimate of the US financial cost of the war since 12 May, when a senior Pentagon official put the figure at $29bn.
Iran and the US agreed a ceasefire in April, but the truce broke down and hostilities resumed last week.
US lost $ 37.5 billion in Iran war
