A U.S. Military Strike On Syria Will Not Be Cheap

Photo: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile off the Libyan coast in March 2011. About $340 million was spent to replenish the munitions the US launched against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, according to a Congressional Research Service report. (MCS3 Jonathan Sunderman / US Navy)

Syria Strike Wouldn't Be Cheap -- Defense News

WASHINGTON — A cruise missile strike against Syria could cost the Pentagon hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons, according to experts and government documents.

Since any type of US military action is expected to last just a few days, the price tag would be similar to costs accrued during the early days of the 2011, five-month NATO operation to overthrow Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, defense analysts say.

The first few weeks of the Libyan operation cost the US about $600 million. About $340 million of that was directly was to replenish munitions, specifically sea-launched Raytheon Tomahawk cruise missiles and air-launched Boeing Joint Direct Attack munitions, according to a Congressional Research Service report.

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My Comment: These costs are only on munitions .... add in loss of planes (maybe), a ship (maybe), retaliatory strikes via through terror groups against U.S. bases in the Middle East (maybe), missile strikes by Syria against Israel (maybe), Iran responding (maybe), Russia responding (maybe) .... hmmmm .... the costs may quickly escalate to enormous.