WashingtonAn unpublished Pentagon estimate puts the Iran war above $47 billion.

The Pentagon has not shared the figure publicly a week before the 3 November midterms.

More than $29 billion would replace spent munitions and over $6 billion would replace aircraft and drones lost.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July estimate was $37.5 billion, and neither figure clearly counts repairs to US bases hit by Iranian missiles.

Anonymous officials say the Pentagon is planning to resume heavy fighting if ordered.

How each outlet framed it
Daily Maverick leans critical
ties the war's cost to the November 3 midterms and GOP fallout, not just the dollar figure

Sources: Daily Maverick