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Air Force

CSBA: All 3 Legs of Nuclear Triad Worth Modernizing Despite Tight Budgets

Mai Hanoon

Friday, December 6th, 2013

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All three legs of the nuclear triad are “aging into obsolescence” just as defense budgets are facing steep cuts, but the Defense Department should still make room in the budget to modernize the entire triad even if it means requesting a supplemental budget from Congress, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments recommended in a report released Thursday. Unveiling the report entitled “The Future of America’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent” at the Capitol Visitor Center, author Evan Montgomery said that support…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]