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
- Op-ed: Hypersonic Overhype February 4, 2025
- 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
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services June 5, 2024
- Op-ed: Planned expansion of Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility needs environmental commitment April 3, 2024
- Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book March 25, 2024
