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Public-finance reference · 2026
Combined live cost of the Russia–Ukraine war (since 24 Feb 2022) and US strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, 2024–2025). Pure financial reference, sourced from the Kiel Institute, Watson Costs of War, CSIS, CRS and CRFB. No partisan framing.
All values converted to 2026 USD using BLS CPI. Active conflicts (Ukraine, Iran) in indigo; historical wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam) in slate.
Daily burn rate, inflation-adjusted to 2026 USD. Sources: Watson Costs of War project (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam), Kiel Institute Ukraine Support Tracker, CSIS Iran War Cost Estimate. See methodology for the conversion formula.
$188B Congressional → $83B disbursed Sankey. Per-country comparison (Kiel data). Weapons inventory. Frozen Russian assets explainer.
Read the analysisOperation Epic Fury cost ($25B Pentagon vs $47B Penn Wharton vs $630B Khanna). Strike inventory. Cost-exchange ratios. Hormuz oil impact.
Read the analysisEnter income, filing status and household size. See how many dollars of your federal taxes funded Ukraine, Iran ops and Israel aid — and what you could have bought instead.
Open the calculatorAll counters extrapolate from authoritative snapshots — not real-time feeds. See the methodology and full bibliography for every datapoint on this page.