By John Erath with Sarah Kirchner-Barney “We prefer a diplomatic solution.” This is inevitably the first sentence uttered by a U.S. government spokesperson in response to any international crisis. And with good reason. What would be the alternative to a diplomatic solution? Another war with no end in sight? Obviously, resolving issues without resorting to violence would be […]
Op-Ed: Where’s the Accountability? Congress Must Get Answers Before Spending More on Missile Program
Executive Director John Tierney wrote an op-ed in Newsweek on the need for greater oversight over the Sentinel missile’s budget overruns. Increasing costs are common in many industries but pose an insidious challenge for military acquisitions. Should a construction project, for example, go over budget, it can be canceled. However, if a defense system runs […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY24 Request FY25 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs National […]
Statement on the Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Others
(MAY 20—WASHINGTON) The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation issues the following statement on behalf of its Board of Directors and of Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney in the wake of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others: “Our condolences are extended to the Iranian people in this […]
Front and Center: May 18, 2024
RUSSIA PREDICTABLY ESCALATES NUCLEAR RHETORIC; BIDEN ADMIN. SAYS RESEARCH SATELLITE LAUNCHED BEFORE WAR New reporting indicates that the Biden administration believes Russia launched a research spacecraft for an anti-satellite nuclear weapon shortly before invading Ukraine in 2022, though the satellite itself was not nuclear. This revelation comes on the heels of the administration’s increasing concerns that Russia […]
