Cost of Libya Intervention $600 Million for First Week, Pentagon Says

ABC News
March 29, 2011

One week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon.

U.S. ships and submarines in the Mediterranean have unleashed at least 191 Tomahawk cruise missiles from their arsenals to the tune of $268.8 million, the Pentagon said.

U.S. warplanes have dropped 455 precision guided bombs, costing tens of thousands of dollars each.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 8:19 am

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