Iranian missiles and drones, and one instance of friendly fire, have destroyed US military equipment worth $2.3bn and $2.8bn, Al Jazeera’s Alia Chugtai reports citing an assessment by the Washington, DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The CSIS estimate is the first detailed tabulation by a major international research group of US military losses in the war that began on February 28.

This estimate does not include losses incurred at US bases in the region or naval assets.

Read the full report here.

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