Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (CBO, viewed August 29, 2020).
"August 2020."
"Michael Bennett prepared the report with assistance from Joshua Wolfram..."--About This Document page.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Summary. -- Background on the treaty and arguments for and against its extension. -- Possible U.S. responses to New START's expiration. -- Strategic nuclear forces and broad approaches for their expansion. -- Costs of producing new nuclear systems. -- Costs of expanding strategic nuclear forces to the limits under previous treaties.
Summary
CBO examined what the costs would be if the New START Treaty expired in February 2021 and the United States increased its nuclear forces to the levels specified in the Moscow, START II, or START I treaties, considering two approaches for each.
