Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Voice of America radio about President Trump’s comments that the arms race and $716B Pentagon budget are “crazy.”
Summary: FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill Conference Report (H.R. 6157)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations: House Total discretionary funding: $667.5 billion (an increase of $20.1 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $667.5 billion) Total appropriations: Senate Total discretionary funding: $668.0 billion (an increase of $15.6 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $67.9 billion (included […]
July recap: United States
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow Each week, we review the news that might have gotten missed in other nuclear headlines. Here’s a recap of what happened in July. Pentagon & Defense Spending U.S. Air Force conducts non-nuclear drop tests of B61-12 gravity bomb from B-2A stealth bomber On June 29, a press release by the […]
Summary: FY 2019 Senate Defense Appropriations Bill (S.3159)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations[1] Total discretionary funding: $668.0 billion (an increase of $15.6 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $67.9 billion (included in $668.0 billion) B. Major categories of spending Title I—Military Personnel: $139.3 billion Title II—Operation and Maintenance: $194.0 billion Title III—Procurement: $135.2 billion Title IV—Research, development, test and evaluation: $95.1 […]
Broken Arrow News: Week of July 30
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow In U.S. military lingo, a “broken arrow” refers to a incident involving the loss of a nuclear weapon. Here, we’re bringing you the nuclear weapons news that’s been ‘lost’ in the last week. United States Admiral in charge of nuclear weapons targeting: United States may face “strategic disadvantage” without multilateral […]