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You are here: Home / Security Spending / Nuclear Weapons Spending / White House Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2021 Nuclear Weapons Spending

March 20, 2020

White House Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2021 Nuclear Weapons Spending

Total Nuclear Weapons Spending in Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request

Total Spending    $44.5 billion 
Department of Defense    $28.9 billion 
Department of Energy    $15.6 billion 

[Sources: Department of Defense: FY 2021 Budget Briefing; Department of Energy: FY 2021 Congressional Budget Request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Volume 1] 

DoD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Selected Systems 

Allocated to:  FY 2021 Funding Request 
Columbia-class Ballistic Missile Submarine    $4,411.9 million 
Trident II D5 Ballistic Missile    $1,191.1 million 
B-21 Strategic Bomber  $ 2,848.4 million 
B61-12 Gravity Bomb Tail Kit Assembly  $ 45.4 million 
*F-35A Dual-Capable Aircraft (Nuclear Certification)  $ 110.0 million 
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)     $1,524.8 million 
Long-Range Stand Off (LRSO) cruise missile    $474.4 million 
Missile Warning | Overhead Persistent Infrared System (OPIR)    $2,479.8 million 
*Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3)    $4,200.0 million 

[Source: Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System, Major Weapon Systems Summary] 

*For NC3 and F-35A DCA figures listed above, refer to [Defense Budget Overview, February 2020, Figure 4.3] 

 

DOE Nuclear Weapons Funding Request  

Allocated to:  FY 2021 Funding Request 
B61-12 Gravity Bomb    $815.7 million 
W80-4 Nuclear Warhead    $1,000.3 million 
W87-1 Nuclear Warhead    $541.0 million 
W88 Nuclear Warhead    $256.9 million 
W93 Nuclear Warhead    $53.0 million 
Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Sustainment     $998.4 million 
Plutonium Modernization    $1,369.3 million 
Weapons Activities (Other)    $10,567.4 million 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation    $2,031.0 million 
Naval Reactors    $1,684.0 million 
Federal Salaries and Expenses    $454.0 million 
Total, NNSA    $19.8 billion 

[Sources: Department of Energy: FY 2021 Congressional Budget Request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Volume 1; Nuclear Watch, March 2020] 

While not included in the Pentagon’s and NNSA’s budgets as nuclear weapons program, the spending request includes a separate category called “Missile Defeat and Defense” which is primarily to defend against nuclear weapons attack.  

Total, Missile Defeat and Defense in Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request 

Total Spending    $20.3 billion 
Department of Defense    $20.3 billion 

[Source: Defense Budget Overview, February 2020, Figure 4.1] 

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