The first official tally

A government watchdog released its opening report on the Iran war Monday, the fullest public accounting yet of American lives, dollars and wreckage. It draws on the Defense and State inspectors general plus USAID.

Missile stockpiles ran dry

The report says the war created "strategic inventory shortfalls" and exposed bottlenecks in munitions resupply. Experts figure contractors need roughly three years to rebuild advanced missiles and interceptors to prewar levels.

“has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply”

Hundreds of buildings hit

Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures at U.S. bases across Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan. Dozens of American aircraft and drones were also lost or wrecked.

Embassies took real damage

The cost to diplomatic outposts had never been made public before. Facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE absorbed the worst of it, an estimated $184 million. Hegseth told Congress the war has cost $37.5 billion overall.

9,000 Americans evacuated

After the Feb. 28 strikes, the State Department pulled about 9,000 U.S. citizens out of the Middle East and Europe, mostly from Israel. Evacuations cost over $11 million, and officials decided billing evacuees was impracticable.

“State determined that consular officers would not be able to fully document travel itineraries required to seek reimbursement”

Arms sales boomed

More than $44 billion in military sales went out in the same window, most of it to Saudi Arabia: helicopters, munitions, precision weapons. Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Israel bought billions more as Iran hit nearly every host country.