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Anyone who has heard President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address knows that there is a political nexus that links the Defense Department to its contractors. But Ike conveniently left out the middle player who makes the game possible: Congress.

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DateTuesday, August 14, 2012 at 10:28AM | AuthorMarianne Nari Fisher
Our own Resolving Ambiguity report sifts through thorny definitional challenges and tackles DOD projected nuclear weapons programs costs with an estimated $31 billion price tag. This grounded number is gaining momentum on the hill and will hopefully clarify the conversation surrounding larger nuclear program costs.
 

Covering ground for both DOD and NNSA, the projected $31 billion will include MFP, RDT&E, and NNSA spending on nuclear weapons activities and maintenance of offensive nuclear operations. This number is all-encompassing and includes a bevy of necessary support costs, ranging from command and control to family housing for nuclear personnel.

 

Efforts to modernize nuclear delivery systems, particularly the bomber and submarine programs, will cost between $48 and $58 billion over the next ten years, depending on cost-growth. Extrapolated over ten years, we project between $350 and $390 billion in spending dedicated to strategic offensive nuclear forces.

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