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 […]
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 […]
Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
FY24 enacted levels come from the FY24 Energy and Water Conference Joint Explanatory Statement and the FY24 Defense Conference Joint Explanatory Statement Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY24 Enacted Level unless otherwise specified The inflation rate for calendar year 2023 was 3.4% Numbers may not add up due to rounding […]
Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670)
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 ** Total […]
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 […]
