The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project was completed in August 1998 and resulted in the book Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940 edited by Stephen I. Schwartz. These project pages should be considered historical.


A Poseidon C-3 ballistic missile erupts from the water shortly after its launch from the submarine USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) on September 21, 1970.A Poseidon C-3 ballistic missile erupts from the water shortly after its launch from the submarine USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) on September 21, 1970.

Credit: U.S. Navy