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  {
    "record_type": "phase",
    "name": "Initial strikes",
    "end_day": 6,
    "daily_cost_usd": 1880000000,
    "description": "",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "phase",
    "name": "Sustained operations",
    "end_day": 39,
    "daily_cost_usd": 500000000,
    "description": "",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "phase",
    "name": "Ceasefire standby",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 95000000,
    "description": "",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Munitions & Interceptors",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 758000000,
    "description": "Tomahawk cruise missiles ($3.5M each), JDAMs ($80K each), Patriot PAC-3 and SM-3 interceptors. Largest cost driver — shifted from expensive stand-off weapons to cheaper gravity bombs after Day 4.",
    "note": "Early phase rate; declined significantly after munitions transition"
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Air Operations",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 30000000,
    "description": "Fighter sorties, bomber runs, aerial refueling, tanker and cargo aircraft. Based on CBO unit operating cost rates adjusted for higher wartime tempo.",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Naval Operations",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 15000000,
    "description": "Three carrier strike groups deployed (Lincoln, Ford, Bush). Nuclear-powered carriers keep fuel costs low; primary costs are aviation fuel, crew pay, and consumables.",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Equipment Losses",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 90000000,
    "description": "4 F-15Es (~$100M each), 24 MQ-9 Reapers ($30M each), 1 MQ-4C Triton, 7 KC-135 Stratotankers, 1 F-35A, 1 A-10, 1 E-3 Sentry, 2 MC-130Js, 1 HH-60W — 42 total aircraft lost or damaged per CRS report IN12692 (May 13, 2026). 4 AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars (~$485M each), 1 E-7A radar aircraft ($700M, struck at Prince Sultan AB Mar 27). CSIS total-attrition estimate: $2.3–2.8B; CBS News / internal US officials put full asset losses at ~$11.9B when bases and specialized equipment included. Pentagon comptroller attributed $24B of the $29B total to equipment repair/replacement.",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Intelligence & ISR",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 45000000,
    "description": "ISR platforms including MQ-4C Triton, RQ-4 Global Hawks ($176M each), satellite imagery, and cyber operations. Several drones lost over Persian Gulf.",
    "note": ""
  },
  {
    "record_type": "breakdown",
    "name": "Personnel & Logistics",
    "end_day": "",
    "daily_cost_usd": 2000000,
    "description": "Ground operations, combat pay, supply chains, medical support for ~50,000+ deployed personnel. CSIS estimates ~$1.6M/day for ground ops.",
    "note": ""
  }
]