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(60,364 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2014, 08:41 AM Aug 2014

U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Cost $100 Million to Date

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/08/27/u-s-airstrikes-in-iraq-cost-100-million-to-date/

U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Cost $100 Million to Date
By Brendan McGarry Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 6:17 pm
Posted in Air, Sequestration

Harrison said he estimated the price tag of the operations to date at a range of between $74 million and $110 million, including between $56 million and $83 million for more than 1,200 surveillance sorties, between $14 million and $21 million on munitions, and between $4 million and $6 million for about 100 strike sorties.

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