The Pentagon estimates this conflict is costing roughly $1 billion a day. If seeing that money drain away in real time helps make the case that it could be better spent, the Iran Conflict Cost Tracker is the single-use website you’ve been waiting for.
The price ticker spiraling out of control at the top of the page is enough to turn your stomach when you consider each dollar could have been spent on something humane or, at the very least, lawful. But the real value is below the fold: estimated costs of weapons systems, munitions fired, resupply, and lives and equipment lost. You’ll also find metrics on how the conflict is affecting oil prices, a timeline of events, and cost comparisons to past wars — both justifiable and inexcusable — that the United States has jumped into.
All of the data is sourced and cited, with the math used to arrive at each number laid out transparently.