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华盛顿讯——据了解内部评估情况的美国官员向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，伊朗战争的实际总成本接近500亿美元，约为本周五角大楼在国会听证会上公开披露的预估成本的两倍。
周三在国会山举行的听证会上，一名五角大楼官员将美国国防部“史诗之怒”行动的成本定为约250亿美元，但这一数字未完全计入受损或损毁的装备，以及美军军事设施的损坏情况。
本周，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯西和参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军出席议员听证会，为国防部1.5万亿美元的庞大预算申请辩护。与此同时，了解内部评估情况的美国官员表示，截至目前这场战争的实际成本更接近500亿美元。
这一差额主要源于已使用且需要更换的弹药。例如，五角大楼损失了24架MQ-9“死神”无人机——这种先进无人驾驶飞机每架造价高达3000万美元甚至更多——这凸显了经济损失累积的速度之快。更高的预估成本不仅反映了作战节奏，也体现了通常未被计入的作战损耗成本，即战场上损失的物资会改变整体账目。
五角大楼代理 comptroller（主计长）朱尔斯·赫斯特周四在参议院作证时表示，军事建设成本难以估算。
“我们无法确定未来的军事部署态势，也无法确定这些基地的未来建设情况，”当康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔询问250亿美元的预估成本包含哪些项目时，赫斯特如是说道。
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）率先报道称，实际预估成本更接近400亿至500亿美元。
周三，特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·库恩斯对这场战争迄今仅耗资250亿美元的说法表示怀疑：“坦率地说，我确信这个数字偏低，”他表示，该数字未包含在战区部署和驻守部队两个月的成本以及其他开支。
这场战争也更直接地冲击了美国民众的钱包。
在本周的国会听证会上，加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗·卡纳询问赫格斯西，战争将通过推高物价给美国民众带来多大成本。
“你知道吗，受伊朗局势影响，未来一年美国民众在汽油和食品上的额外支出会增加多少？”卡纳问道。
赫格斯西没有直接回应。“我只想反问你，一颗伊朗核弹的代价是什么？”这位国防部长说道，指责卡纳“就国内事务提出陷阱式问题”。
右翼智库美国企业研究所估算，仅燃油和化肥价格上涨一项，就会让每个美国家庭每月多支出150美元。
凯瑟琳·沃森为本报道撰稿。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch-sen-blumenthal-grills-pentagon-officials-on-cost-of-iran-war/
Iran war’s true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say
April 30, 2026 / 3:41 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The true price tag of the Iran war is closer to $50 billion, U.S. officials familiar with internal assessments told CBS News, roughly double the public estimate the Pentagon cited in congressional testimony this week.
In testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a Pentagon official placed the cost of the Defense Department’s Operation Epic Fury at about $25 billion, a figure that did not fully account for damaged or destroyed equipment or U.S. military installations damaged.
As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before lawmakers this week to defend the Pentagon’s sprawling $1.5 trillion budget request, U.S. officials familiar with internal assessments suggested the war’s price tag is closer to $50 billion so far.
Much of the gap is accounted for by munitions that have been used and need to be replaced. For instance, the Pentagon has lost 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones — sophisticated unmanned aircraft that can cost $30 million or more apiece — underscoring how quickly the financial toll has mounted. Taken together, the higher estimate reflects not only the tempo of operations but also the often unseen costs of attrition, as material lost in the field reshapes the ledger.
The Pentagon’s acting comptroller, Jules Hurst, testified before the Senate on Thursday that the cost of military construction is hard to estimate.
“We don’t know what our future posture is going to be or the future construction of those bases,” Hurst said when Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut questioned what was included in the $25 billion.
CNN first reported that the real estimate is closer to $40-50 billion.
On Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware expressed doubt that the war so far has cost only $25 billion: “I am frankly certain that that is low,” he said, suggesting that figure did not include the cost of deploying and holding forces in theater for two months and other expenses.
The war is hitting Americans’ pocketbooks more immediately, too.
In a congressional hearing this week, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California asked Hegseth how much the war will cost Americans through higher prices.
“Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of their increased cost in gas and food over the next year because of Iran?” Khanna asked.
Hegseth didn’t respond directly. “I would simply ask you what the cost is of an Iranian nuclear bomb,” the defense secretary said, accusing Khanna of “playing gotcha questions about domestic things.”
The right-of-center American Enterprise Institute estimates higher fuel and fertilizer costs alone translate to an extra $150 per month for each U.S. household.
Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch-sen-blumenthal-grills-pentagon-officials-on-cost-of-iran-war/
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