Will cost a record almost $ 1 trillion: US talked about the modernization of nuclear weapons

To spread: The US nuclear weapon arsenal will cost almost $ 1 trillion over the next decade. This is 25% more than predicted earlier. About it writes THO Aviationist. Thus, according to the recently published forecasts of Congress budgetary management, the US nuclear weapons arsenal will cost almost $ 1 trillion over the next decade. The forecasts show that the exploitation and modernization of US nuclear weapons will be $ 946 billion between 2025 and 2034.

The new figure is an increase by 25% compared to the forecast, which was made in 2023 for the period 2023-2032. Then the amount of $ 756 billion was announced. The increase in costs is associated with a change in estimates, as well as an increase in the amount provided in the budget for nuclear forces. Budgetary management indicates an increase in the costs associated with the program of intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBR) Sentinel.

It is not excluded that the cost of this program will be increased, but this figure is not yet final. The largest cost item included in the report - $ 228 billion in decades - is a fleet of submarines with ballistic missiles of the US Navy. This segment also includes maintenance and modernization of the ballistic missile of the underwater launch of Trident II D5 (BRPP), which are carried by submarines. The new program of extension of these missiles is designed for their service by 2084.

The AS-332 Super Puma missile, designed to the LEWIS and CLARK USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14), delivers supplies to the OHIO submarine with ballistic missiles USS Louisiana (SSBN 743). (Photo by the US Navy, taken by a seafarer-specialist in mass communications Andrew McPik) The figures on the strategic bombing forces of the US Air Force reflect only their total value, since the Office recognizes their double role as a platform of delivery of both ordinary and nuclear weapons.

They also plan to buy a Northrop Grumman B-21 raider and a long-range AGM-181 radius missile. The two largest programs are the replacement of the "Judgment Day" aircraft E-4B NighThawk and E-6b Mercury. Both of these programs are in the production phase, with Mercury replaced by E-130J based on C-130, and NighThawk is replaced by a new E-4C version, converted from Boeing 747-8. Recall that the media compared the military potentials of two nuclear countries - India and Pakistan.