“The Republican leadership seems stuck in the Cold War, authorizing hundreds of million on nuclear weapons and missile defense programs that military leaders did not request,” said Reif. “Pentagon spending should be driven by strategic need and affordability.”
Ryan-Murray Budget Deal Misses Mark on Security Opportunities
“The deal increases funding for a series of critical international and domestic programs,” said Laicie Heeley, the Center’s Director of Defense Policy. “Tragically, the new deal still pours wasted billions into programs that do not enhance the security of the United States or our allies.”
Pentagon pushes for billions to refurbish nuclear bombs
by Kingston Reif Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on October 25, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. At an estimated cost of more than $11 billion, the life-extension program for the B61 bomb would be the most ambitious and expensive nuclear warhead refurbishment in history. Concerned by this massive […]
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: NDAA Moves to House Floor
WHAT: The House of Representative will consider a host of issues including: the authorization of $250 million for an East Coast missile defense site; new funds for nuclear weapons, including the B61 life extension program and $85 billion related to the Afghanistan War. The panel of experts will explain the military, technical and political implications of these programs and other during a press call on:
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE
The NDAA Moves from Committee to the House Floor Military, Science and Political Experts Comment on Anticipated House’s NDAA Action Washington DC June 6, 2013–Press Advisory The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation will host a press call with Lt. General Robert Gard, Hon. Philip Coyle and John Isaacs analyzing the military, technical, budgetary and […]
