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New Report On Rising Nuke Costs Sets Table For Deterrent Spending Debate

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

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New Report On Rising Nuke Costs Sets Table For Deterrent Spending Debate

An artist's rendering of the U.S. Navy's future Columbia-class submarine. (Image: U.S. Navy )

More nuclear weapons programs will roll into production phases in the 10 years ending 2028, increasing the total annual cost of these efforts by some $10 billion to about $50 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Thursday. The spending estimate for 2019 through 2028 includes: the Department of Energy’s (DoE) bill for maintaining and upgrading nuclear materials and weapons; procuring the delivery vehicles and carrier craft that the Department of Defense uses to deploy those weapons; DoE-made…

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