핵심요약

• 현재까지의 미국 이란 군사 작전 비용은 300억 달러입니다.
• OMB가 요청한 방위 추가 예산은 876억 달러입니다.
• 방위 추가 요청액은 초기 추정치보다 두 배 이상 높은 금액입니다.
• 예산 증가는 이란과의 지속적인 공습 교환 및 미국의 군사적 태세 유지에 기인합니다.

도입

본 기사는 미국이 이란에 대한 군사 작전에 지출한 비용과 방위 예산에 대한 추가 요구 사항을 다루고 있습니다. 이는 현재의 지정학적 위험이 미국의 국방 예산에 미치는 재정적 영향을 분석하는 데 중요합니다. 투자자들은 이러한 비용 지출의 추세와 잠재적인 군사적 긴장 상태를 이해해야 합니다.

본문 1: 예산 규모의 불일치와 재정적 압박

미국이 이란에 대한 군사 작전에 지출한 비용은 현재까지 300억 달러라는 수치를 제시하고 있습니다. 그러나 OMB가 의회에 제출한 방위 추가 요청액은 876억 달러에 달하며, 이는 초기 추정치와 비교하여 재정적 압박이 크다는 점을 시사합니다. 이처럼 예산 규모가 크게 증가하는 것은 단순한 작전 비용 외에도, 군사적 긴장 상태를 반영하여 예산 책정 과정에서 불확실성이 존재함을 의미합니다. OMB 국장은 이 새로운 수치에 대해 구체적인 세부 사항을 제공하지 않고 국방부의 분석에 의존했다고 밝혔습니다. 이는 예산 집행 과정에서 투명성과 예측 가능성에 대한 의문을 제기하며, 정부가 직면한 재정적 부담의 규모를 가늠하게 합니다.

본문 2: 비용 증가의 지정학적 원인

비용이 증가하는 주요 원인은 휴전 상태에도 불구하고 미국과 이란 간의 지속적인 공습 교환과 미국의 군사적 태세 유지에 있습니다. 지난주에만 미국 전투기가 이란 해안의 네 곳의 목표물을 공격했으며, 이 과정에서 이란이 호르무즈 해협에서 상업 선박을 공격하는 등의 사건이 발생했습니다. 또한, 미국 중앙 사령부는 6월 18일까지 이란 선박과 항구에 대한 해상 봉쇄를 시행했으며, 미국은 이 지역에 대해 평소보다 더 큰 군사적 태세를 유지하고 있습니다. 이러한 지속적인 군사적 활동과 긴장 상태는 작전 비용을 상승시키는 직접적인 요인으로 작용합니다. 이는 재정적 지출이 단순히 특정 군사 작전에 국한된 것이 아니라, 광범위한 지역의 지정학적 불안정성을 관리하는 데 필요한 지속적인 자원 투입을 포함하고 있음을 보여줍니다.

본문 3: 예산 세부 항목 분석과 장기적 전망

방위 추가 요청액 876억 달러는 구체적인 항목별로 세분화되어 있습니다. 이 중 탄약(munitions)에 210억 달러, 작전 비용(operational costs)에 173억 달러, 기타 기밀 프로그램(other classified programs)에 121억 달러 등이 포함됩니다. 이러한 세부 분류는 예산이 무기 구매뿐만 아니라 운영, 사이버 보안, 드론, 준비 태세 등 다양한 영역에 분산되어 있음을 보여줍니다. 특히 드론(drones)에 24억 달러, 사이버 보안 및 자율성(cybersecurity and autonomy)에 51억 달러 등 첨단 기술 분야에 대한 투자가 반영되어 있습니다. 이러한 세부 내역은 미래의 국방 예산이 첨단 기술과 사이버 공간으로의 전환에 중점을 두고 있음을 시사하며, 단기적인 분쟁 비용을 넘어 장기적인 기술 경쟁과 안보 환경 변화에 대한 대비가 필수적임을 강조합니다.

결론

미국과 이란 간의 군사적 교류가 지속됨에 따라 방위 예산 요구액은 크게 증가했습니다. 이러한 재정적 증가는 지정학적 긴장 상태가 국방 예산에 미치는 영향을 명확히 보여줍니다. 향후 예산 집행은 첨단 기술 및 사이버 보안 분야에 대한 투자가 더욱 중요해질 것이며, 지정학적 불확실성에 대한 대비가 장기적인 재정 계획의 핵심이 될 것으로 전망됩니다. 투자자들은 이러한 지정학적 변동성이 국방 예산에 미치는 영향을 지속적으로 모니터링할 필요가 있습니다.

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OMB Says Iran War Cost $30B, Stays Mum on Supplemental - Air & Space Forces Magazine

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The cost of US military operations against Iran so far is $30 billion, the director of the Office of Management and Budget told Congress on June 30, but he offered scant details on plans for a supplemental funding request that includes more than twice that figure for defense. “We’ve spent about $30 billion,” OMB Director Russel Vought told the House Appropriations Committee. OMB’s cost estimate is $1 billion more than Pentagon acting comptroller Jules “Jay” Hurst III said in testimony May 12 , and $5 billion more than the Pentagon estimated April 29 . Vought offered no further details on the new figure and deferred to the Pentagon. “I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from the Department of War and the analysis that they’ve given us,” Vought said. Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

“We’ve spent about $30 billion,” OMB Director Russel Vought told the House Appropriations Committee. OMB’s cost estimate is $1 billion more than Pentagon acting comptroller Jules “Jay” Hurst III said in testimony May 12 , and $5 billion more than the Pentagon estimated April 29 . Vought offered no further details on the new figure and deferred to the Pentagon. “I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from the Department of War and the analysis that they’ve given us,” Vought said. Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

OMB’s cost estimate is $1 billion more than Pentagon acting comptroller Jules “Jay” Hurst III said in testimony May 12 , and $5 billion more than the Pentagon estimated April 29 . Vought offered no further details on the new figure and deferred to the Pentagon. “I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from the Department of War and the analysis that they’ve given us,” Vought said. Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Vought offered no further details on the new figure and deferred to the Pentagon. “I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from the Department of War and the analysis that they’ve given us,” Vought said. Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

“I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from the Department of War and the analysis that they’ve given us,” Vought said. Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Several factors could contribute to the rising cost, despite a ceasefire that’s been in place since Hurst’s first $25 billion estimate in April. The U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange strikes since, with six U.S. warplanes striking four targets along the Iranian coast just last week after Iran attacked a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Up until June 18, U.S. Central Command was also enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ships and ports. And the U.S. is still maintaining a larger-than-usual force posture in the region. Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Regardless, the $30 billion estimate is less than half the $67.1 billion detailed for defense in the $87.6 billion supplemental request OMB sent to Congress last week. The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

The Pentagon portion breaks down into 10 categories: $21 billion for munitions $17.3 billion for operational costs $12.1 billion for other classified programs $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy $4 billion for Airborne Moving Target Indication and Space Data Network Backbone $2.4 billion for drones $1.7 billion for readiness $1.5 billion for fuel costs $1.2 billion for administration priorities $0.8 billion for National Guard support Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Seamus Daniels, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it is unclear which needs are directly related to replenishing expenditures for the Iran conflict and which are just new requests. “For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

“For the other aspects of the supplemental, they provided detail about where funding was going down to the account level,” Daniels told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Whereas for the DOD request, they keep it largely within this $67.1 billion bucket, and they break out categories which don’t align specifically to what you expect for funding by title, like operation and maintenance, procurement, military personnel. … I think it’s difficult to parse out right now, what is specifically for direct war costs associated with Iran.” At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

At the hearing, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) pressed Vought to detail what would be included in $1.2 billion for “administration priorities.” Vought said he would have to look into it. “We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

“We’re going to make sure you have everything you need before any vote,” Vought promised. When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

When the Pentagon rolled out its 2027 budget request this spring, it identified “ presidential priorities ,” but some of those priorities like munitions and drones are separated out in the supplemental request. Other priorities the $1.2 billion in the supplemental could address are building up the defense industrial base, more work on the Golden Dome missile defense shield, critical minerals, and infrastructure. Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

Vought said little else about the defense side of the supplemental request, but he did explain how it expanded from paying for the cost of the Iran conflict to encompass everything from construction on Penn Station in New York City to Ebola response in Africa to temporary economic assistance for farmers. “We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

“We ran a process with the supplemental to try to assess the defense needs in particular that we had with Operation Epic Fury,” Vought said. “We also sent out a request [to other agencies] for needs, not unlike what we would do for [continuing resolution] anomalies with a request to determine what are the most dire needs.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Budget Congress National Security

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