Click to download a PDF version of the briefing book. The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Context Introduction The Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Department requests $523.9 billion for the annual “base” budget, which is $2.2 billion more than current levels, and $10.4 billion below last year’s request. This amount does not include certain other security […]
FY 2017 Budget: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
President Obama’s final budget request includes disappointing reductions in funding for nuclear non-proliferation programs.
Fact Sheet: Is a New Nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile Necessary?
The U.S. is planning to build a nuclear armed cruise missile, but at what cost?
Fact Sheet: Fourth North Korean Nuclear Weapons Test
The Facts: On January 5, the state media of North Korea announced that Pyongyang carried out its first underground test of a hydrogen bomb. This was North Korea’s fourth nuclear weapons test and the first test since 2013. Experts are skeptical of North Korea’s claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb. The test created an […]
Reuters: Board Member Sharon Squassoni on North Korea
Why even a failed test makes North Korea’s nuclear arsenal scarier By Sharon Squassoni Read this post in Reuters Nuclear weapon tests are no longer a commonplace occurrence, so it’s always a little shocking when it happens. It may even be shocking to the country that conducts it – most recently, North Korea. The famously […]
