Following the Money: How the United States Pays for Its Nuclear Weapons

Inside the U.S.’s tax-payer funded, multi-trillion dollar nuclear arsenal

By Stephen I. Schwartz

March 12, 2025

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Stephen Schwartz

Stephen I. Schwartz is an independent expert on nuclear weapons and editor and co-author of Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940.