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 […]
Security Spending
Op-ed: Why Congress Shouldn’t Fund a New Sea-Launched Nuke
Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote an op-ed in Just Security about the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) and why it is not worth its cost. Reviving the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile not only goes against sound military doctrine, it also undermines the basic national interests the United States Navy has always protected. So why do […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4638) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY25 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 […]
What If There Were No Diplomatic Solution?
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 […]
