// OPERATION EPIC FURY — ACTIVE — DAY — LIVE FEED ENABLED
TOTAL COST TO
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Direct combat support, munitions replenishment, and logistical surge. Estimated burn: ~$57M/hour.
SOURCEENERGY & GAS BURDEN
Consumer fuel premium from Strait of Hormuz disruption. Current: $—/gal (pre-war: $—/gal). $263M/day nationally.
STANFORD IEPR / NBC NEWSINSTEAD, WE COULD HAVE…
Alternative domestic allocation of current Operation Fury expenditures — updated in real time as spending continues
METHODOLOGY
Military costs are extrapolated from the last confirmed anchor point. The CSIS estimated $16.5B through Day 12 (March 11, 2026) of Operation Epic Fury. We derive ~$1.375B/day from the Day 6–12 delta and project forward from that anchor.
Gas costs use the Stanford IEPR estimate of $740/yr extra per U.S. household (~$263M/day nationally). Recalculated weekly using EIA retail price vs. the $3.51/gal pre-war baseline.
Indirect costs (mortgage rates, food/supply chain) are cited estimates from NBC News and TIME reporting.
"Instead" figures use NREL 2024 for solar/wind, EnergySage for residential solar, KFF for health insurance, Peterson-KFF for ER costs, TRIP for potholes, ASCE for bridges, BLS for teacher salaries, and the College Board for tuition.
// Exact costs are unknowable during active conflict. These are best available public estimates. All figures sourced below.
- CSIS — Operation Epic Fury cost estimate (Day 12)
- NYT — Pentagon Day 6 briefing ($11.3B)
- NBC News — Stanford IEPR gas cost estimate
- TIME — Economic impact overview
- U.S. EIA Open Data API
- NREL Annual Technology Baseline 2024 — solar & wind
- KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey 2024
- TRIP — National Road & Pothole Cost Report 2023
- ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
- BLS Occupational Employment Statistics — Teachers
- College Board Trends in College Pricing 2023
VERIFIED
All data points cross-referenced across independent verification nodes before being pushed to the live counter.
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