A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, supervises his squad as they provide over watch security at the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 3, 2019. (Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/Marine Corps)
Neta C. Crawford, Military Times: The Iraq War has cost the US nearly $2 trillion
Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1.922 trillion in current dollars.
This figure includes not only funding appropriated to the Pentagon explicitly for the war, but spending on Iraq by the State Department, the care of Iraq War veterans and interest on debt incurred to fund 16 years of U.S. military involvement in the country.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 6, 2020
Iraq Considers Deepening Military Ties With Russia -- The New York Times
Not a break, but fissures in US-Iraqi military alliance -- AP
Pentagon to provide military installations near 11 major airports for coronavirus quarantine -- The Hill
Leidos nabs $7.7B deal to provide network support to Navy -- UPI
40 companies net up to $982.1M for Navy's drone vessel program -- UPI
Navy jet damaged in mid-air refueling mishap -- Navy Times
Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy -- UPI
Navy’s Unmanned Growler Is a Look at War’s Future -- Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics
Legacy USAF Fighters, Bombers Are on the Chopping Block -- Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
MDA taps industry to build interceptor to defend against hypersonic threats -- Defense News
U.S. Missile Defense Woefully Prepared for 21st Century Threats -- RCD
To Defeat Hypersonic Weapons, Pentagon Aims To Build Vast Space Sensor Layer -- Forbes
SOCOM Announces Plans to Buy 75 ‘Armed Overwatch’ Planes -- Air Force Magazine
Morale Is in Trouble at Some Army Bases. Here’s What the Service Plans to Do About It -- Military.com
US Army Seeks Technology That Would Allow Soldiers to See Through Walls -- Sputnik
US Army wants to expand pre-positioned stock in Pacific -- Defense News
Former CIA chief: Not 'right' for Haspel to applaud at State of the Union -- The Hill
First 2020 Minuteman III Test Launches As New START Countdown Begins -- Breaking Defense
Trump’s Bid to Go Big on Nuclear Arms Looks Like a Fizzle -- Steven Pifer, Defense One
SecDef Eyeing Moving Billions By Eliminating Offices, Legacy Systems -- Breaking Defense
BREAKING: Report Finds U.S. Defense Industrial Base in Decline -- National Defense
Here’s how much money the Pentagon found through internal savings — and where it’s going -- Defense News
NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down -- New York Times
2nd Fleet, NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk Seek Further Integration of Allied Navies -- USNI News
Germany, France plot new steps for trinational fighter jet — but what about Spain? -- Defense News
Japan’s next-gen fighter progress responds to China’s fifth-gen evolution -- Defence Connect
China in the Levant -- John Toolan Jr., John Bird & Harry Hoshovsky, RCD
Russia’s modernized Tu-160M nuclear-capable bomber takes to the skies for the 1st time (VIDEO) -- RT
Israel finds an AI system to help fight in cities -- C5ISRNet
This brutal World War II battle holds lessons for future Pacific fights -- Todd South, Army Times
