Cutting Nuclear Spending: Limits on Warheads, Missiles, and Modernization Programs.
This bill aims to significantly cut planned spending on the US nuclear arsenal modernization, potentially saving taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. It imposes strict limits on the number of submarines, ballistic missiles, and deployed strategic warheads, while prohibiting the development and deployment of several new nuclear weapons systems, including low-yield warheads. The legislation shifts national security policy by prioritizing fiscal responsibility over current modernization plans.
Key points
Taxpayer Savings: The bill seeks to reduce hundreds of billions of dollars in planned spending on nuclear force modernization over the next decade.
Arsenal Reduction: Imposes a cap of 1,000 deployed strategic nuclear warheads and limits the procurement of new submarines (Columbia-class) and ICBMs (to 150).
Program Cancellations: Prohibits funding for key modernization efforts, including the new ICBM (LGM–35 Sentinel) and the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) cruise missile.
Ban on Low-Yield Weapons: Prohibits the deployment and procurement of low-yield nuclear warheads (like the W76–2) and new submarine-launched cruise missiles capable of carrying them.
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