Military operations against Iran cost Washington 6 bln USD in 1st week: media

The first week of the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran has cost the United States an estimated 6 billion U.S. dollars, with analysts warning that the country can not afford this costly war, U.S. news media outlets reported recently.

The New York Times said in its report on Saturday that the Pentagon officials have told the U.S. Congress that the first week of the war had cost approximately 6 billion U.S. dollars, with about 4 billion U.S. dollars of that going toward ammunition procurement.

The Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump's administration to seek more funding from the Congress for the war, according to the report.

Meanwhile, A CNN report said on Friday that the strikes have now dragged on for days with no end in sight.

The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that the conflict is costing roughly 890 million U.S. dollars per day, with air, naval and ground operations accounting for the bulk of the expenditures.

Air operations alone are projected to cost 30 million U.S. dollars daily, with naval operations running at approximately 15 million per day, including 6 million for aircraft carrier operations and 5 million for destroyers and ground operations costing about 1.6 million daily.

What Trump once called a war the country "can't afford to lose" is rapidly becoming one it "can't afford to fight," according to CNBC.

Estimates from several U.S. think tanks and a former Pentagon Comptroller revealed that beyond the staggering price tag, U.S. weapons stockpiles are being rapidly depleted in the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran.

Trump said on social media on Friday that he had convened meetings with defense contractors including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to discuss ramping up weapons production.

He said the companies have agreed to increase output, with multiple production lines now running at full capacity.

Forbes magazine observed that while the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have injected global uncertainty, the defense contractors holding Pentagon contracts stand as the conflict's most direct beneficiaries.

Military operations against Iran cost Washington 6 bln USD in 1st week: media

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks on China's Taiwan are tantamount to a declaration of war against China, said Akinobu Ito, president of the Japan-China Workers Exchange Association.

Takaichi claimed during a Diet meeting on Nov 7, 2025 that the Chinese mainland's "use of force on Taiwan" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, a remark that immediately drew strong criticism at home and abroad.

In an interview with China Media Group (CMG), Ito stated that Takaichi's remarks amount to a rupture in diplomatic relations with China and even imply a declaration of war.

"Takaichi's remarks completely deny the 1972 Japan-China Joint Communiqué, which normalized diplomatic relations between the two countries. Put bluntly, it is a notice of severing diplomatic ties. To describe this as Japan's 'survival-threatening situation' is, in my opinion, a warning of an impending war," he said.

Ito also emphasized the importance of historical education and reflection in light of the current international landscape.

"I believe the most important issue is education, starting with textbooks. For 30 to 40 years, the Japanese government has been engaged in a continuous denial and distortion of historical facts. We need to go back once again to what it meant for Japan to be defeated in the war and to accept the Potsdam Declaration, and reflect on the 80 years since the end of the World War II," said Ito.

Takashi's erroneous remarks closer to war declaration: Japanese analyst