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U.S. Nuclear Policy
How Much Does the US Spend?

The U.S. is on track to spend between $620 billion and $661 billion on nuclear weapons and related programs over the next decade. Escalating costs associated with so-called "modernization" plans are forcing Congress to divert funds from essential programs like education, health-care, and job training to invest in a force that is bloated and dangerous. These expensive plans are plagued with cost overruns and are ridiculed by watchdog groups for their poor management.
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy (Council on Foreign Relations-Sponsored Independent Task Force Report)
 
In his April 5 Prague speech, President Obama called for the United States to lead international efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear Weapons Employment Strategy of the United States
 
Today, the President announced new guidance that aligns U.S. nuclear policies to the 21st century security environment.
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U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues(pdf)
 
Even though the United States plans to reduce the number of warheads deployed on its long-range missiles and bombers, consistent with the terms of the New START Treaty
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Obama's Upside-Down Nuclear Weapons Policy
 
At the same time President Obama has been pressing for further reductions in U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
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The End of Overkill? Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
 
U.S. security does not require nearly 1,600 nuclear weapons deployed on a triad of systems-bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs)-to deliver them.
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What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?
 
The last 19 months have been a tumultuous time for the nuclear disarmament movement, placing it, today, on the cusp of some important decisions
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