A Pentagon official revealed that the two-month conflict with Iran has cost approximately $25 billion. This estimate came as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a record $1.5 trillion military budget before Congress.

The two-month war with Iran has cost about US$25 billion, a Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday, as US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a record US$1.5 trillion military budget that faces backlash from Democrats. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Jules Hurst III, the Pentagon’s chief financial officer, offered the first official estimate of the cost of the war in Iran. He said that most of the US$25 billion in spending went towards ammunition, but the US....