{"id":64914,"date":"2026-05-12T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/cost-of-iran-war-has-increased-4-billion-pentagon-says-but-some-estimates-say-its-closer-to-200-billion-forbes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:14:56","slug":"cost-of-iran-war-has-increased-4-billion-pentagon-says-but-some-estimates-say-its-closer-to-200-billion-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/cost-of-iran-war-has-increased-4-billion-pentagon-says-but-some-estimates-say-its-closer-to-200-billion-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost Of Iran War Has Increased $4 Billion, Pentagon Says\u2014But Some Estimates Say It\u2019s Closer To $200 Billion &#8211; Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxNYWVMdDhOZXd2dE9rSWZ2cnc1d1QxRTgxUTAzWTVhOWR4TkRFMU82TzdXbWxJRTVyemNWNXJYY2FlenBRUHpZdEJUbWJtTGtvTzFoSmwxMUd3WUFUdDJxa3NBZ0o3NnMtY1Y5U282VVp5QkEtRmVRbUxGWElQY3RDR1hRSmJwRzIyWnZuR0hZV04zOEk0Z2JtQlN3OEhDcFZuWUJiZjd2U2tqUnExVDVLdDUwRlp0NDladm1jSTl4YWZzS3ZiY3pJZVdvbUxHUVN1Mk5kMEZQdUtmTWIwZWdyRlhINlhQczI3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cost Of Iran War Has Increased $4 Billion, Pentagon Says\u2014But Some Estimates Say It\u2019s Closer To $200 Billion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Forbes<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE9OdG1lQ1AycDNQclhxQTU2clVNMlRJa0JjVUJxdW1ja000c0pnWkhRTWs0UHItU1RxOFdrNHlsajdPb0VmSnQ5MmViRjdPQXJvVTdpRXNxdW1Oakg1SEhSWXNwVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Live Updates: Pentagon Puts Cost of Iran War at $29 Billion During Hegseth Hearing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNUjJPNkxlNVlwZG9BWXViNlF1c2gtSDZfOHBCbTRtemkwOFAxU0pVeTdDS1FXZUJMRURYTDJfNkdQa1UybGNCcFZ2RGlLeEFHUTVlM0lmdUtuYmgzUWprVmg5ZHpkZWJ2M2hrZlZ0YWVyUXRZVENLM0FVRGJIS3RJRnhGdkpXUmRk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Intercept<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTE85M1pYUzZOd0JOMzRpbGtJQzU3MjA2WFQ4MUJtUzF6X1VwaHVid2JCTkpSV3VXYm9kaTRob0lIUm9IbW1Da1ZUaWdUOE1ZZFdGWUZ0VmNTVFRqOEtYWWJiM3ln?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran War News Live Updates: Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at Roughly $29 Billion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPQl8zS3NHOTYtSUNrU1BhXzl1eFRhdEt5Mnh0UTN1c2p5a0otV0pReEtldzRHSERwS1laX2l4UU5ocDJKQUFSTHg1REd0Y05VYWoxMWF1RFRkVjRWdlNHNVA1Y2NVRkRzRE1VTHk2b01kUzNnZWJPN2lWQ2h0VW5TMThWZFFlV1hPWHfSAY8BQVVfeXFMT1FvTlZySW9zMVFCUWEwMGY3RTlENnVQY0dmaUZwUGkxS2I4VzNaWkxYeXZKdmdab3BlRVhLcVdpelJiVkJMTDJNOE5rczZMakJnLTVEdnp5U0NHMVg0SXdmVVBfdWhPaDBRbEx1Zk44ZkZodHNoY2ZMeDV3bDZyRUo3MDNvcjFESkRtMXo3TDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live updates: Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine testify on Hill; Inflation spikes amid Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cost Of Iran War Has Increased $4 Billion, Pentagon Says\u2014But Some Estimates Say It\u2019s Closer To $200 Billion&nbsp;&nbsp;Forbes Trump Live Updates: Pentagon Puts Cost of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/12\/cost-of-iran-war-has-increased-4-billion-pentagon-says-but-some-estimates-say-its-closer-to-200-billion-forbes\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}