{"id":59043,"date":"2020-02-10T21:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T21:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/10\/trump-budget-requests-46-billion-for-nuclear-weapons-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:33:56","slug":"trump-budget-requests-46-billion-for-nuclear-weapons-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/home\/2020\/02\/10\/trump-budget-requests-46-billion-for-nuclear-weapons-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks $46 billion for nuclear weapons programs in budget request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration\u2019s fiscal 2021 budget includes a major increase in nuclear weapons spending from both the Defense Department and the agency in charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2019\/09\/25\/nuclear-warhead-programs-need-850m-fix-heres-how-the-government-plans-to-cover-it\/\" target=_blank>managing nuclear warheads<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall spending on nuclear modernization by the Pentagon sits at $28.9 billion in the request, while funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/01\/23\/in-nuclear-spending-fight-its-trump-allies-vs-white-house-budget-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a> comes in at $19.8 billion, an almost 20 percent increase for the semiautonomous agency within the Department of Energy from FY20 numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of that funding for NNSA, $15.6 billion is for the weapons accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another $1.7 billion goes to the naval reactors account, 2.2 percent above the FY20 enacted level. That supports three modernization efforts: the Columbia-Class Reactor System Development, the Land-based S8G Prototype Refueling Overhaul, and the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combined, the Trump budget requests almost $46 billion for nuclear weapons programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategic deterrent has been described by Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the top priority for his department, and the budget increase comes weeks after a new, low-yield nuclear warhead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2020\/02\/04\/trumps-new-nuclear-weapon-has-been-deployed\/\" target=_blank>made its maiden deployment<\/a> aboard a submarine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $28.9 billion includes roughly $14.7 billion for research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&amp;E) costs. 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The Office of Management of Budget attempted to cut that number to $17.5 billion, a figure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2019\/12\/02\/nnsa-administrator-the-us-and-nuclear-threat-reduction\/\">NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty<\/a> pushed back on in a Dec. 16 memo, arguing that such a move amounts to \u201cunilateral disarmament\u201d and would result in cutting \u201cNNSA\u2019s modernization program in half.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue appeared settled by the end of January, with NNSA getting close to its total request. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. 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