Over the next decade, the United States plans to spend $494 billion on its nuclear forces, or about $50 billion a year, according to a 2019 Congressional Budget Office report. This estimate is a 23 percent increase from the CBO’s projected cost at the end of the Obama administration. Over the next three decades, total modernization plans could cost as much as $1.5-$2 trillion.
Recent Analysis on Nuclear Weapons Spending
- BONUS Episode: The Costs of False Security – Live Audience Question & Answer Session September 30, 2026
- The Costs of False Security: The Fallacy of National Missile Defense, the Golden Dome and Nuclear Weapons in Space September 28, 2026
- 2026 Annual Conference: $1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security September 16, 2026
- $1 Trillion and Counting: A Deep Dive Into the Pentagon Budget September 8, 2026
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4784) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 9, 2026
- The Wrong Way July 8, 2026
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services June 24, 2026
- France’s New Nukes and the Future of European Security June 8, 2026
- Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book May 6, 2026
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