Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room 2360, Rayburn House Building Join the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation and a panel of distinguished experts as we discuss the President’s FY17 Defense Budget Request. Topics: How does this year’s spending relate to peak spending in previous years? Is the Pentagon’s budget properly aligned with our national […]
FY 2017 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
Click to download a PDF version of the briefing book. The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Context Introduction The Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Department requests $523.9 billion for the annual “base” budget, which is $2.2 billion more than current levels, and $10.4 billion below last year’s request. This amount does not include certain other security […]
FY17 Budget Request: Nuclear Weapons Spending Up, Non-Proliferation Spending Down
FY 2017 Budget: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
President Obama’s final budget request includes disappointing reductions in funding for nuclear non-proliferation programs.
Nuclear Modernization Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank
By: Cassandra Peterson Nuclear modernization is happening. That fact isn’t up for debate. The process, which involves upgrading, altering, and rehabilitating the operational capabilities of the United States’ nuclear arsenal is forecast to cost up to 1 trillion dollars over the next thirty years. The intimidating price tag is touted as a necessary evil in […]
