Senior Policy Director John Erath was interviewed on RTÉ News, Ireland’s national television and radio broadcaster, about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert. “It’s clearly being done to send a message,” said Erath. Watch the interview
The U.S. Nuclear Inventory
At its peak, the United States had more than 31,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile. Now, thanks to various arms control agreements and unilateral reductions, the United States has a total inventory of around 5,428 nuclear warheads.
North Korea is testing hypersonic weapons. Should the West be worried?
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in an NPR article about North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests. John Tierney, a former Massachusetts representative who now serves as the executive director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, calls hypersonics “shrug worthy,” adopting a term coined by writer Fred Kaplan in a column in Slate last year […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2792)
as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request; numbers may not add due to rounding) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request SASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $740.3 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350) as Passed
As passed by the House of Representatives (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request HASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $739.5 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 billion $28.2 billion Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)* $69 billion […]
