The Breakdown

Every bomb, missile, and dollar — and what we lost for each one.

munitions

$7.3B

operations

$21.3B

appropriations

other

$359M

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Patriot PAC-3 MSE Interceptor

other

$4,200,000

Used to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. Over $2.4B worth expended in first 5 days. $3.9-4.2M per unit (FY2025/2026 Army budget).

Deployed570

Total expenditure$2,394,000,000

Or, equivalently

|58 teachers

|9 homes

|450 people insured

source

Tomahawk Cruise Missile (TLAM Block V)

cruise missile

$2,000,000

Primary long-range strike weapon of the opening salvos. Reported at 850 rounds expended, from reporting on stockpile depletion in the first 30 days; the Pentagon has not confirmed a launch count. Priced at $2.0M flyaway, the figure in recent Navy procurement, rather than the ~$3.6M fully-loaded cost NAVAIR publishes, so that it is costed the same way as the interceptors here.

Deployed850

Total expenditure$1,700,000,000

Or, equivalently

|27 teachers

|4 homes

|214 people insured

source

THAAD Interceptor

other

$12,700,000

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. $12.7-15M per interceptor (FY2025 MDA budget). Used against Iranian medium-range ballistic missiles.

Deployed39

Total expenditure$495,300,000

Or, equivalently

|176 teachers

|29 homes

|1,361 people insured

source

PrSM / ATACMS (Army tactical missiles)

air to-ground

$1,500,000

First combat use of the Army's Precision Strike Missile, launched from HIMARS from March 4. The reported count of 320 covers PrSM and the older ATACMS together and has not been broken out, so both are carried on this single line at a common $1.5M to avoid counting the same rounds twice.

Deployed320

Total expenditure$480,000,000

Or, equivalently

|20 teachers

|3 homes

|160 people insured

source

MQ-9 Reaper drone

drone

$16,000,000

Unmanned aircraft used for reconnaissance and equipped with Hellfire missiles for strikes

Deployed13

Total expenditure$208,000,000

Or, equivalently

|222 teachers

|37 homes

|1,715 people insured

source

GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator

air to-ground

$3,500,000

30,000-lb bunker buster dropped from B-2 stealth bombers against deeply buried nuclear facilities.

Or, equivalently

|48 teachers

|8 homes

|375 people insured

source

JDAM Guided Bomb (GBU-31/32/38)

air to-ground

$50,000

GPS-guided bombs deployed from B-2, B-1, and F-15E aircraft. $25-80K per kit. Cheaper alternative to cruise missiles once air superiority established.

Or, equivalently

|5 people insured

source

SM-6 Standard Missile

naval

$4,800,000

Navy ship-launched missile used for offensive strikes and ballistic missile defense from Arleigh Burke destroyers.

Or, equivalently

|66 teachers

|11 homes

|514 people insured

source

AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)

air to-ground

$1,500,000

Stealthy cruise missile launched from B-1B and F-15E aircraft against hardened targets.

Or, equivalently

|20 teachers

|3 homes

|160 people insured

source