Iran war costs could force US Navy to cut major exercises
Not only money will influence the situation (Photo: facebook.com/USNavy)
US Navy Chief Daryl Caudle stated that if Congress does not allocate funds for the war with Iran by July, the Navy may begin to reduce training and other activities, according to The Wall Street Journal.
"I will have to start making decisions to change training, operations, certification events, those type of things we do to generate our force in the July timeframe and their current expenditure," the admiral said during hearings before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.
He also noted that another factor that could affect the reduction of training and other activities is the pace of the US operation in the Middle East.
What else is known
On Tuesday, acting Pentagon comptroller Jules “Jay” Hurst stated that the war with Iran has cost the US approximately $29 billion as of yesterday. That is $4 billion more than had been projected at the end of April.
Specifically, about $24 billion of the total went to expended ammunition and damaged or destroyed aircraft.
The Wall Street Journal notes that the White House has not sent a request to Congress for funding the war with Iran, but it has submitted a request for the Pentagon's $1.5 trillion budget for fiscal year 2027.
The Pentagon is discussing the possibility of renaming the military operation against Iran in case the ceasefire ends. The new name could be "Sledgehammer". The name change could have not only symbolic meaning but also legal and political significance.
