Faulty AI-assisted report nearly triggered US military operation. Iran war has cost $45.1 billion, Pentagon tells Congress—AND MORE

CNN: The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program…

Iran war has cost $45.1 billion, Pentagon tells Congress

The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the sources added.

The estimate is not a full accounting of the war’s cost, however.

It does not include an assessment of the cost to repair damaged bases or buildings and did not provide Congress with detailed breakdowns of indirect costs of military operations as lawmakers have asked for, one source said…

More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon’s public database, known as the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS…

Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab…

Pakistan hints at joining war on Houthis

Pakistan has threatened to join the war in the Middle East as it pledged to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi rebels.

Military leaders in Islamabad said they would “go to any extent” in support of the kingdom in their greatest show of strength since the two nations became founder members of a Nato-style military alliance last month…

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