12:23 am, Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Global nuclear weapons spending hit record high in 2025: study

 

Nuclear-armed countries swelled their spending on atomic weapons by a fifth last year to a record high of nearly $119 billion, with plans to ramp up those investments for decades, campaigners said Tuesday.

The world’s nine nuclear-armed states jointly increased their spending on their arsenals by nearly $17 billion last year, according to a new report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, warning that “a new nuclear arms race is upon us”.

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Global nuclear weapons spending hit record high in 2025: study

Update Time : 09:31:30 pm, Tuesday, 9 June 2026

 

Nuclear-armed countries swelled their spending on atomic weapons by a fifth last year to a record high of nearly $119 billion, with plans to ramp up those investments for decades, campaigners said Tuesday.

The world’s nine nuclear-armed states jointly increased their spending on their arsenals by nearly $17 billion last year, according to a new report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, warning that “a new nuclear arms race is upon us”.