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CNBC: US taxpayers paid millions of dollars for the airstrikes on Syria. Here's a breakdown of key costs
* U.S. forces fired 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles on three Syrian targets early morning local time, making for a price tag of $92.4 million for those missiles alone.
* The U.S. fired 19 of a different kind of missile on Syria, for a cost of $26.6 million.
* The final bill isn't clear, however.
A B-1B Lancer takes off from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to conduct combat operations on April 8, 2015.
CNBC breaks down the missiles used in Syria Strikes
The U.S. strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities over the weekend cost taxpayers a lot of money, although the total bill isn't clear.
To start, U.S. forces fired 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles on three Syrian targets early morning local time, making for a price tag of $92.4 million for those missiles alone.
With an estimated cost of $1.4 million each, Raytheon's Tomahawk missile has an intermediate range of 800 to 1,553 miles and can be deployed from more than 140 U.S. Navy ships and submarines. What also makes the Tomahawk exceptionally lethal is its capability to carry a 1,000-pound conventional warhead which can be reprogrammed midflight.
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WNU Editor: The cost of the Tomahawks and JASSM-ERs is around $119 million. The cost of the naval, aviation, and other assets that were used to support these strikes are not known.
