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Current plans to modernize, operate and sustain U.S. nuclear forces will cost about $1.2 trillion over the next three decades, according to a report released Oct. 31 by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).Modernization will account for about $400 billion of that total, while operations and sustainment will take up the other $800 billion, the CBO estimated. The total annual cost of nuclear forces is projected to jump from $29 billion in 2017 to about $50 billion in the early 2030s,…
