Approved by the full Appropriations Committee on July 14 by a 30-22 vote. $694.6 billion in discretionary spending $626 billion: Base funding $68 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations Increase of $1.3 billion above the FY 2020 enacted level; $3.7 billion below the President’s request (Reminder: there is additional 050 defense funding in the Energy and Water and […]
How Iran’s missile arsenal holds the Middle East hostage
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey spoke with Arab News about Iran’s missile capabilities. Samuel Hickey, a research analyst at the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Arab News: “Iran often operates in the gray zone between war and peace. “This strategy helps Iran further its security goals, while not necessarily provoking direct retaliation,” he […]
Trinity’s atomic blast changed the world
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Santa Fe New Mexican about the 75th anniversary of the Trinity Test and the idea of resuming nuclear weapons tests. “The $10 million authorized for test preparation ‘if necessary’ was a partisan political stunt, pure and simple,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the nonprofit Center […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2021 House National Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 6395)
$731.6 billion: Fiscal Year 2021 Discretionary Topline* $635.5 billion: Department of Defense discretionary base $ 26.6 billion: Department of Energy discretionary base $ 69.0 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) $ 0.5 billion: Defense-Related Activities** $662.6 billion: Fiscal Year 2021 Base Budget NDAA Topline *Does not include $8.9 billion in national defense authorizations outside of HASC jurisdiction **Does […]
Khojir and Natanz explosions wreck Iran’s strategy of deception
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey was quoted in Arab News about recent explosions in Iran. Samuel Hickey, research analyst at the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Arab News that satellite imagery proves that “the explosion took place at the Khojir missile production complex in eastern Tehran, and not at Parchin as suggested in […]