First 100 hours of the Iran war cost $3.7 billion

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published March 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with defense spending expert Mark Cancian about his tally of how much the war in Iran is costing the U.S. Cancian estimates the first days cost $891.4 million each day.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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