The expense of trying to eliminate the Houthi threat to global shipping and allied nations in the Middle East, the US has reportedly used $200 million worth of munitions - a bill not including the cost of personnel, the deployment of two aircraft carriers and a variety of other resources dedicated to securing the region from the growing terror threat.
By next week, the total cost is anticipated to reach $1 billion, one source told The New York Times
The US has also dedicated resources to defending the Jewish state, its ally in the region, from frequent Houthi aerial attacks. The cost of utilizing THAAD to defend Israel can cost between $12-15 million per interception, according to a recent report by Walla
Despite the mounting cost and the frequent attacks Israel faces from the Yemen front, a source previously told The Jerusalem Post that: 1. the US had instructed Israel not to attack the Houthis 2. and to leave it up to American forces.
The sources added that while the IAF strikes were carried out successfully in the past, the US believes it has greater capacity to conduct sustained attacks using aircraft stationed on its aircraft carriers.
