Budget & Policy

DoD Nuke Modernization May Need Half-Trillion Above BCA Over 8 Years

By Photo of Abby Harvey

Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
7/31/2015
The Pentagon’s base funding account could require $500 billion above Budget Control Act (BCA)-permitted funding levels over eight years to comprehensively modernize U.S. nuclear forces and support other key missions,…

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Experts: Expand INF Treaty Membership to Promote Compliance

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Former DoD Official: Nuke Enterprise Risks Losing Critical Capabilities

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DoD Official: Conventional Systems Can’t Substitute for Nukes

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General Dynamics: Ohio-class Replacement Driving Revenue Boost

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Northrop: LRS-B Unlikely to Have Major Effect on Near-Term Capex

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DOE: ‘Zero’ Damage Ratio for Waste Storage Containers ‘Inappropriate’

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GAO: DOE Understated $1.6B in Nuke Modernization Budget Estimates

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N.M. Universities Join to Bid on Sandia Contract

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NATO Official Urges Western Action to Eliminate Nuclear Umbrella Doubts

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Former Livermore Employee Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation

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Richardson Touts 16-Tube Design for SSBN Replacement

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Air Force Global Strike Becomes Four-Star Command

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Y-12 Reduces Infractions, Nuclear Criticality Safety Report Says

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Watchdog Calls For Combining Y-12 Environmental Assessments

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At Los Alamos

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