MESOP MIDDLE EAST : COSTS & BUDGET OF THE AFFAIR

Pentagon Reveals Costs of Campaign Against IS – Operation Inherent Resolve running at about $9 million per day – Basnews | Luke Coleman – 14.06.2015 – PENTAGON – The US Department of Defense has revealed spending of over $2.7 billion in its efforts to “degrade and destroy” Islamic State (IS). Since it began Operation Inherent Resolve in August of last year, US air strikes have targeted roughly 6,200 . IS positions, at a cost of around $5 million per day. Total daily costs run to $9 million. The US defense spending projection for the coming fiscal year is $579 billion, of which it is estimated $14 million per day will be spent on operation against IS in Iraq and Syria.In comparison, the US is still spending almost $100 million per day on the war in Afghanistan, and over $200 million per day on wars around the world since 2001, according to the National Priorities Project. President Obama recently signed off on the deployment of a further 450 military advisors to be stationed in Anbar Province. www.mesop.de