Democrats on the US Senate Armed Services Committee have urged the Pentagon to publicly disclose the cost of damage to US military bases and facilities during the unprovoked war on Iran.

In a letter addressed to Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), on Sunday, five Democratic senators demanded that the Pentagon reveal the “true cost” of the war on Iran.

Senator Elizabeth Warren led efforts to prepare the letter, which was also signed by senators Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, and Gary Peters. They called on CENTCOM to release the estimate publicly, stating, “There is no rationale for classifying that cost estimate.”

“Americans deserve to know how much of their money is being burned on Trump’s war with Iran,” Warren said in an X post on Monday.

Video footage, satellite images, photos, and media reports have offered a glimpse of the destruction, painting a “dire picture of US bases and facilities damaged and destroyed by Iran,” the senators wrote.

The lawmakers are requesting unclassified responses by November 2, emphasizing that “Congress and the public need this information to determine the steps necessary to recover from this debacle.”

The Congressional Budget Office’s report last month estimated the cost of the war at $38 billion but stated that the Pentagon had not shared figures for damage to US military bases and facilities.

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The US-Israeli war against Iran began on February 28, 2026, killing more than 3,000 people and wounding more than 32,000. During the aggression, Iran defended itself by striking US bases and assets in West Asia.

In a recent report by the Pentagon’s inspector general, which cited State Department estimates, the cost of damage to US diplomatic facilities was estimated at $184 million, without accounting for damage to military bases.

The senators said that the estimated cost of the war’s toll on military infrastructure should be available not only to lawmakers but also to the public, adding that Americans should know the full cost of Trump’s “unauthorized” war on Iran.

The senators also referenced a deployed US service member who described the damage as being like standing with their eyes closed and “getting punched in the face.”

More than 50,000 US troops were deployed for the war on Iran. The Pentagon has repeatedly failed to disclose casualties from the war and has presented an incomplete picture of the war’s costs.