Boom: US nuclear arsenal upgrade to exceed $1trillion

[rangerrebew]

 Boom: US nuclear arsenal upgrade to exceed $1trillion
Published time: 2 Nov, 2017 16:44
Edited time: 2 Nov, 2017 16:49


At a time when the US national debt stands at just over $20 trillion, American taxpayers find themselves stuck with a massive maintenance bill to keep the nation’s nuclear arsenal operational over the next three decades.

The modernization of US nuclear forces will carry a price tag estimated at $1.2 trillion from 2017 until 2046, according to the US Congress Budget Office (CBO) report.

https://www.rt.com/usa/408607-nuclear-forces-modernization-trillions/

[rangerrebew]

Its interesting this article comes from a Russian news site.

[Ghost Bear]

$1.2 trillion, spread over 30 years, comes to $40 billion per year.  Hardly budget-breaking.