The modernization of the US nuclear arsenal is estimated at two annual Russian military budgets
The American media, citing sources in the Pentagon, report that the United States is increasing its funding for the renewal of its nuclear arsenal. We are talking about a program to modernize the arsenal of nuclear weapons - with the replacement of Minuteman-3 missiles.
According to this data, the cost estimate for upgrading the nuclear weapons USA is $ 95,8 billion. For comparison, these are two annual military budgets of the Russian Federation.
The United States drew attention to the following fact: when a financial assessment of the modernization of nuclear weapons was made 4 years ago, the "price tag" was completely different. It featured an amount of about $ 10 billion less.
The total cost of US nuclear weapons available to date is also named. This is a whopping $ 1,2 trillion.
Earlier it was reported that the Pentagon was considering a version of reducing the number of ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Former US Secretary of Defense Will Perry was a supporter of this idea. But the current American administration believes that the number of land-based ICBMs, like any other ICBM, cannot be reduced. A recent Pentagon review says that "the forces that have ICBMs in their arsenal are highly survivable against a large-scale nuclear strike."
From the review:
To date, mine-based ICBMs are deployed in the states of Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Their number is regulated by the START-3 Treaty, which expires in February 2021.
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