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Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Reached $91.4B In 2023

Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending SeesReached Record$91.4B RiseIn 2023

Published JUN 17 2024

Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Reached $91.4B In 2023

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Above: Russian RS-24 Yars nuclear missile complex (NATO reporting name: SS-29) arrives during the main rehearsals of the military parade, in the Red Square on May 5, 2024. Image credit: Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

The report reveals that while the global number of nuclear warheads continues to fall, the number of operational nuclear warheads is on the rise, with the increase in US spending primarily due to the growing threat from countries such as Russia, China, and North Korea. While the US would prefer a world without nuclear weapons, they are an ultimate security guarantee for the free world and a means of maintaining peace amid increasingly tense international relations.

Timesofisrael

ICAN's figures are obscene, and completely unacceptable, and are mainly driven by the surge in US arms spending surge. However, UK spending also rose significantly due to the arms lobby's increasing influence on government decisions. This iscontradicts in blatant contradiction to the slogans of freedom and democracy and represents a massive waste of taxpayers' money. People want a peaceful future and demand a policy that is geared towards their interests, not those of the arms companies.

Morning Star

ICAN'sThe figuresdata underlineunderlines the need for the nine nuclear-armed states to finally join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. NotThe only could the tens of billions could end global hunger, theand resources could also be used to address other pressing issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The nuclear states' new arms race threatens the future of all humanity and must be stopped.