The maintenance of a nuclear arsenal until 2028 will cost the US $ 494 billion

"During the years 2019-2028, plans to build nuclear forces indicated in the budget requests of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Energy for 2019 ... will cost a total of $ 494 billion," the document says.

Earlier, the United States said it relied more on nuclear deterrence in Russia and China than on the development of missile defense.