Can national missile defense actually protect us? Can we justify its massive price tag? In this special episode of Nukes of Hazard, recorded live at our annual conference themed “$1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security,” experts Andrew Facini, Joe Cirincione, Dr. Laura Grego, and Clayton Swopes take on misguided ideas […]
Factsheets & Analysis on Nuclear Weapons
$1 Trillion and Counting: A Deep Dive Into the Pentagon Budget
This year, the Trump administration asked Congress for nearly $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon and nuclear weapons in its annual President’s Budget Request — a huge increase over last year’s already massive request. This is a number that 59% of people believe is too high, according to recent polling from ReThink Media and the Costs […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY27 Request FY27 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Request Numbers in this analysis only include discretionary requests Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) […]
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
FY26 enacted levels come from the FY27 Department of Defense Budget Justification Books for each service branch as well as the Procurement Programs (P-1) and Research Development, Test & Evaluation Programs (R-1) documents Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Enacted Level unless otherwise specified FY27 Request numbers combine Reconciliation and Discretionary Funding requests The inflation rate […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1071)
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Request FY25 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Request Numbers in this analysis only include discretionary requests Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) DOD […]
