US plans to spend billions of dollars on nuclear weapons
(MENAFN) The United States is on course to implement its most significant increase in nuclear arms spending since the Cold War era, according to a prominent disarmament advocacy group. The Los Alamos Study Group, which monitors nuclear policy, analyzed recent federal budget documents and congressional testimony to reach its conclusion.
In a press release issued Wednesday, the group estimated that the White House is requesting nearly $4.8 billion for “Weapons Activities” under the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the next fiscal year. This category of funding supports the research, design, and modernization of U.S. nuclear warheads and bombs.
In addition to that core budget, the administration previously allocated another $1.88 billion to the NNSA in fiscal year 2025 to address hurricane-related damages at its facilities. Although this supplemental funding has not yet been spent, it was not counted in the official budget figures currently under review.
According to the group’s calculations, excluding the unspent emergency funds, the proposed nuclear weapons budget for 2026 would mark a 25% increase over the previous year—making it the most dramatic annual jump since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Including the hurricane-related funding would still result in a 17% rise, a level not seen since 1982.
The proposed budget is expected to be debated and voted on by Congress later this year. Nuclear disarmament advocates have raised concerns that this rapid escalation in funding could accelerate arms development and strain global nonproliferation efforts.
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