nuclear weapons budget

Three different US ICBMs on display at an Air Force base under a cloudy sky

Michael Smith/Getty Images

September 17, 2025

It’s Time to Rethink US Nuclear Weapons Manufacturing

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

photo of the US Capitol at dusk, with its silhouette and streetlights reflected on water in the foreground

Jeffrey Clayton/Unsplash

June 26, 2024

Congress Could Save $100B and Make Us Safer by Cancelling Sentinel

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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August 2, 2023

The Sky’s the Limit on Nuclear Weapons Spending, But What Does It Really Get Us?

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

Soldiers converse in front of a brick apartment building showing heavy damage from bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, with another bombed-out building in the background.

Ramin Mazur/EU/Flickr

February 20, 2023

We Can’t Control Putin—but Sensible Nuclear Weapons Policies Start at Home

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

Michele Dorsey Walfred/flickr

November 4, 2021

A Local Leader Speaks Out on Nuclear Weapons

David Combs
Operations Manager

Gage Skidmore/Flickr

November 7, 2020

President Biden, Nuclear Weapons, and US Security: The First 100 Days

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

Congress recently approved funding to replace ICBMs despite research showing they are not only superfluous, but they actually increase the risk of nuclear war.

August 5, 2020

Ask an Expert: Congress Plans to Spend Billions on Dangerous, Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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April 2, 2020

Lessons From A Small-Town Fire Department On Prevention, Preparation, and Leadership

Sean Meyer
Former Contributor

September 18, 2019

Some pretty good work by Congress on missile defense this year

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

July 24, 2019

China Holds Firm on No First Use of Nuclear Weapons

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 10, 2019

The House is Setting a New, More Rational Direction for US Nuclear Policy

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

May 6, 2019

NNSA’s FY20 Budget Request: Full Speed Ahead on Weapons Development and Production

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

April 29, 2019

Donald Trump: Serious about Arms Control?

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 2, 2018

Opposition to Trump’s New Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

June 5, 2018

Update on the Low-Yield Trident Warhead: Time for the Senate to Step Up

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

May 31, 2018

The FY2019 National Nuclear Security Administration Budget: Weapons Are Winners

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

March 23, 2018

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Misguided MOX Program

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 19, 2018

The Case of the “Low-Yield” Trident Warhead

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

February 2, 2018

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Top Take-Aways

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

January 12, 2018

The Trump’s Administration’s Dangerous New Nuclear Policy

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

June 15, 2017

The Case of the Missing Numbers

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

June 7, 2017

The Ugly: Post #3 on the NNSA’s FY2018 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

May 26, 2017

The Bad: Post #2 on the NNSA’s FY2018 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

May 25, 2017

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: NNSA’s FY18 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative