US nukes cost $30 billion per year
And this appears to be only the strategic nukes, without modernisation plans. New study by Stimson “estimates an annual total of $31 billion is spent on nuclear weapons when costs dedicated to strategic nuclear offensive forces found in the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy are included. Although this report focuses [...]
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