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
- The Latest Nuclear Boondoggle? November 17, 2023
- Summary: Comparison of Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670/S. 2226) as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate August 29, 2023
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 18, 2023
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670) as passed by the House Armed Services Committee July 7, 2023
- Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book April 4, 2023
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill December 22, 2022
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Amendment to H.R. 7776) December 13, 2022
- The U.S. Defense Budget and Russia’s War on Ukraine November 15, 2022
- 2022 Nuclear Posture Review November 8, 2022
- ‘SOME STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION:’ BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW CUTS SOME UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS, ALLOWS SOME COLD WAR STRATEGIES TO CONTINUE October 27, 2022
