Amir Brigadier General Sheikh: America's military superiority is no longer a defined and gratuitous privilege Acting Deputy of the Army: Iran's endogenous power undermined American calculations American military power was unable to deal with the national will of the inhabitants of a country with a civilization of several thousand years. In this war, 17 American bases were damaged, 65% of the American Patriot interceptor missiles were consumed, and the direct cost of the Pentagon in the war with Iran amounted to 47 billion dollars.