US Leads Record Rise in Spending on Nuclear Arsenals, Campaign Group Says

The 19% increase from 2024 produced ‌the highest expenditure ⁠on nuclear weapons since the campaign group began tracking the ⁠annual nuclear arms expenditure of the US, Russia, China, France, Britain, India, Pakistan, ​North Korea ​and the Israeli regime ​in 2020, Reuters reported.

The US ‌spent $69.2 billion, more than all other nuclear states combined, and saw largest increase, at 22%.

The US is increasing military spending in general as well as ‌rebuilding nuclear arsenal, ICAN says.

China came second, increasing by 7% to $13.5 billion.

Britain overtook ‌Russia to become third-biggest spender, up 17% to $12.6 billion. Russia spent $9.5 billion, increase of 6%.

2017 Nobel Peace laureate ‌ICAN seeks total elimination of nuclear weapons.