Nuclear weapons spending hits record high amid new 'arms race': studies

The Korea Times

Nuclear weapons spending hits record high amid new 'arms race': studies

GENEVA — Worldwide spending on nuclear weapons soared to a record high last year as atomic-armed countries moved more warheads from storage onto delivery systems, experts said Tuesday. The nine nuclear-armed states jointly spent nearly $119 billion on their arsenals last year, up 19 percent from 2024, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). "A new nuclear arms race is upon us," its report warned. ICAN, and a separate study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday, voiced alarm at the growing nuclear risk amid swelling geopolitical tensions. The dramatic spending hike on nuclear weapons came as countries rushed to modernise their arsenals and deploy more of their stockpiles, the studies showed. Susi Snyder, ICAN's director of programmes and co-author of the latest report, said the scale-up, coupled with fears that artificial intelligence could increase the risk of nuclear weapons use, was deeply alarming. "To be perfectly honest, I'm terrified," she told AFP. 'Risks are rising' SIPRI's report highlighted that the t

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