Estimated US military spending since April 20, 2024, the day Congress passed H.R.8034 ($17.23B in military provisions for Israel). Operations, weapons, air defense, and military aid β humanitarian spending excluded. All figures sourced.
Financial cost only. The human cost, lives lost, the displaced, the bereaved on all sides, is not in this number, and cannot be.
Escalation Timeline
Cumulative estimated US spending tied to the Iran conflict, from April 20, 2024 (H.R.8034 signing) through the start of combat operations in February 2026.
Your Share
Based on ~150 million US tax filers. (IRS Statistics of Income)
Opportunity Cost
Figures from published federal program costs and national averages.
Since You Opened This Page
Every counter below started at zero when you loaded this page and has been climbing at β per second, the current active operations burn rate. Each number shows how many of that thing the US could have fully paid for with just what it spent since you arrived.
Transparency
All figures are estimates from publicly available data. Precise totals are not disclosed by the US government.
The tracker starts on April 20, 2024 β when President Biden signed H.R.8034. The full bill appropriated $26.38B, of which $17.23B was military (FMF, missile defense, CENTCOM ops, ammunition). The remaining $9.15B in humanitarian aid for Gaza is excluded. This tracker counts only military spending: appropriations, operations, air defense, and equipment losses.
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