Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

[Dulcinea]

(NPR) As conflicts go, the Iran war, should a loose framework and ceasefire deal hold, was relatively short in duration. But its costs and aftereffects will likely linger for years.

The months-long conflict, which pitted the world's most powerful military against a far weaker, yet strategically adept, adversary cost the lives of 13 U.S. service members and more than 3,300 Iranians, according to state media. Another 3,826 have been killed in Lebanon, nearly 60 in Israel and dozens across Gulf states, according to authorities in those countries.

It also led to higher oil prices and spiked inflation and mortgage rates in the U.S. -- and made the job of incoming Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh more complicated. And it roiled global energy markets, paralyzed a key waterway, led to fuel rationing in countries in Asia and Africa, disrupted supply chains of everything from semiconductors to fertilizers, while hitting the economies of key Middle East nations particularly hard.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/17/nx-s1-5860739/iran-war-cost-oil-military-trade

[Attilatheblond]

1. Trump's old school bombing attack on Iran will only make other nations more intent on having nuclear rockets for defense

Other nations will want protection from traditional attacks due to the actions of Putin in Ukraine and Trump in Iran.

And owing to the ignorance of facets of today's global economy, Iran now knows it has a weapon that is more effective than a nuclear arsenal, and a lot cheaper. Now other nations of lesser means will be searching out ways to threaten the global markets to get what they want from more powerful nations that elect idiots who think using WWII style weapons is the manly thing to do.

Are we still considering building 'Trump Class' Battleships? If so, DOD might as well order them painted in red and white concentric circles cuz they will just be cumbersome targets. Didn't the guys who have to plan and execute modern naval warfare ask for smaller, more versatile vessels. Trump thinks bigger is better because he is so much bigger than all those other G7 leaders?