It’s About to Cost a Lot More Money to Launch a Nuclear Bomb
The U.S. nuclear triad: clockwise from top, B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers (Sept '16), a Minuteman III land-based intercontinental ballistic missile test launch (Sept '16), and the Ohio-class ballistic-missile sub USS Henry M. Jackson (Feb '17).
By Marcus Weisgerber Read bio
February 15, 2017
New estimates predict the Pentagon's first new nuclear bombers, missiles, and subs in decades will be more expensive than thought.
The Pentagon has gotten better at estimating the cost of new weapons, but nuclear-armed ships, subs, and missiles are entirely different animals.
Estimates of the cost to maintain and ultimately replace the current planes, rockets, and submarines that may deliver them — range from hundreds of billions of dollars to more than $1 trillion over the next three decades.
http://www.defenseone.com/business/2017/02/new-nuclear-delivery-platforms-will-likely-cost-more-planned-heres-why/135418/
