Expanding Nuclear Weapons Budget a Bad Investment By: Kingston Reif | Briefing

Expanding Nuclear Weapons Budget a Bad Investment

By: Kingston Reif | Briefing

Getting America's fiscal house in order will require making smart decisions about what is most needed to safeguard U.S. national security in the 21st century. But a close look at the Pentagon budget reveals numerous programs that are more suitable to defeating the Cold War-era Soviet Union than to addressing current security threats. A particularly egregious example is the budget for nuclear weapons programs.

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