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Defense Spending

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation supports the optimization of national security spending by curbing wasteful, ineffective and unnecessary spending. We promote increased oversight of the U.S. defense budget, reduced spending on nuclear weapons, and a shift away from the Cold War-era notion that military spending is worthwhile even if it doesn’t properly meet current security challenges. Doing so will save billions of valuable tax dollars as well as help to make America safer with the hard decisions our national security requires.

Recent Analysis on Defense Spending

  • Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year June 13, 2025
  • Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’ March 22, 2025
  • Op-ed: Hypersonic Overhype February 4, 2025
  • Fact Sheet: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) December 17, 2024
  • Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5009) December 12, 2024
  • Comparative Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act September 12, 2024
  • Op-ed: Why Congress Shouldn’t Fund a New Sea-Launched Nuke August 15, 2024
  • Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4638) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 16, 2024
  • What If There Were No Diplomatic Solution?  June 7, 2024
  • Op-Ed: Where’s the Accountability? Congress Must Get Answers Before Spending More on Missile Program June 5, 2024

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