Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY26 Request FY25 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Request Numbers in this analysis only include discretionary requests Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) […]
The nuclear race is back on track 80 years after Hiroshima
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with elPeriódico about the potential for a renewed nuclear arms race. The original article is in Spanish. There are an estimated 12,121 nuclear warheads in total, of which about 9,585 are available for military use, according to the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published […]
Trump escalates nuclear tensions as Russia deadline nears
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Hill about President Donald Trump’s announcement to move nuclear submarines closer to Russia. “Does this mean that all of a sudden we should all be going to the cellar and locking ourselves in? No,” said former Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.), who is the executive director of the Center […]
STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ANNOUNCED MOVEMENT OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES FOLLOWING RUSSIAN THREATS
‘Trump’s verbal engagement with an essentially powerless Russian politician is inappropriate and unhelpful’ (AUGUST 1—WASHINGTON) In light of President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is ordering nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” in response to new Russian nuclear threats, this time aimed at the United States, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is releasing the […]
We should observe July 16 but celebrate July 17
Reflections on my trip to Los Alamos By Anna Schumann On July 16, 1945, the nuclear age began when a team of Manhattan Project scientists working in Los Alamos, New Mexico, tested the first nuclear bomb, dubbed the Trinity Test, after years of building it in secret. On July 17, 1945, the anti-nuclear age began […]
