The U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise, formerly known as the nuclear weapons complex, encompasses nine government-owned, contractor-operated sites across seven states. Additionally, it includes a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear reactor facility dedicated to tritium production. Across these nine sites, the facilities comprise three laboratories, five plants for component fabrication and materials production, an assembly and […]
No Good Reason for Nuclear Testing, Part 2
By John Erath On October 11, I published some reactions to the Russian announcement revoking signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). That post focused on Russia and why its leadership chose to take this step and made the case for renewed U.S. administration efforts to ratify CTBT. In this post, I want to look […]
The Latest Nuclear Boondoggle?
By Connor Murray The Pentagon recently announced plans to develop a new variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, the B61-13. This proposed bomb would, as the name suggests, be the 13th variant of the B61 and “provide the President with additional options against certain harder and large-area military targets.” The weapon would be delivered […]
No Good Reason for Nuclear Testing
By John Erath On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia would consider revoking its ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and turned the matter over to the Duma for further action. This step has caused concern that Russia may resume explosive testing of nuclear weapons and break the effective moratorium […]
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
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY24 Request FY24 requested levels other than the toplines come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) *Does not include mandatory spending DOD […]
