An aircraft carrier of the USS Ford class costs about 13 Billion USD to build and another billion for annual maintenance. The Ford carries 75 jets costing about 15 million USD EACH. Each jet consumes about 6,000 USD worth of Jet-A fuel per flight HOUR. The cost of bombs and rockets and missiles is...I dunno, a helluva lot. The carrier has a crew of >5,000 men and women. Each Ford Class carrier is supported by a task group consisting of a cruiser, 2 or 3 destroyers, several supply ships, and usually one or more submarines. These additional vessels total more than 2,000 additional personnel. Experts estimate that it costs about 7 million USD EVERY DAY to deploy a Carrier Task Group. The USA currently has ELEVEN carrier task groups and TWO of them are currently deployed against IRAN. Just so you understand how many schools and hospitals it's costing us to soothe the egos of small men.