Defense and National Security
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Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2021 to 2030
CBO estimates that plans for U.S. nuclear forces, as described in the fiscal year 2021 budget and supporting documents, would cost $634 billion over the 2021–2030 period, $140 billion more than CBO’s 2019 estimate for the 2019–2028 period.
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The U.S. Military’s Force Structure: A Primer, 2021 Update
This update of CBO’s 2016 primer on the structure of the U.S. military describes the size, functions, and operation and support costs of every major element of the armed forces.
- Cost Estimate
Discretionary Spending in H.R. 3237 - Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, 2021
As introduced on May 14, 2021
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An Analysis of the Navy’s December 2020 Shipbuilding Plan
CBO estimates that the total shipbuilding budget would average $34 billion per year, 10 percent more than the Navy estimates. The Navy’s average shipbuilding budget would be almost 50 percent larger, on average, than those of recent years.
- Cost Estimate
S. 517 REPORT Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 17, 2021
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Projected Acquisition Costs for the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicles
This report provides CBO’s projections of the Army’s costs to acquire tanks and other ground combat vehicles through 2050. On the basis of the Army’s plans, those costs are projected to average about $5 billion annually.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1850, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021
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The Capacity of the Navy’s Shipyards to Maintain Its Submarines
The Navy’s shipyards have experienced significant delays in completing maintenance on submarines. In this report, CBO projects that required maintenance will continue to exceed the shipyards’ capacity and examines options to reduce delays.
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A Comparison of Brand-Name Drug Prices Among Selected Federal Programs
CBO describes how the prices of brand-name prescription drugs are determined in different federal programs and compares drug prices among those programs in 2017.
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National Cruise Missile Defense: Issues and Alternatives
CBO examined the threat that adversaries equipped with land-attack cruise missiles might pose to the U.S. homeland and estimated the costs of several defensive systems that could be fielded to protect the United States from such attacks.