Nine nuclear weapons in the world increased by 11 percent in 2024, which was reported on Friday by an international nuclear weapon cancellation campaign.
An annual increase of $ 10 billion to $ 100.2 billion was aimed at modernization and in some cases expanded nuclear arsenals, according to ICAN, a global coalition of civil society, which seeks to remove atomic weapons.
“The country of nuclear weapons could pay the UN budget 28 times what they spent on the construction and maintenance of nuclear weapons in 2024,” the report said.
Total expenditure by global nuclear weapons
The US has seen the largest annual increase in nuclear expenditure in 2024 and increased by $ 5.3 billion. Its total expenditure of $ 56.8 billion has exceeded the combined expenditures of all other nuclear armed states, she said.
China spent $ 12.5 billion, followed by Britain for $ 10.4 billion, an increase of $ 2.2 billion, ICAN said.
He said that other nuclear weapons were France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and Russia.
“As for the type of increase in expenditure in the UK and France, I think we have certainly seen, at least in the rhetoric of political leaders, a reference to the ongoing war in Ukraine, and could play a role,” said Alicia Sanders-Zakre, politics and research coordinator.
Britain and other NATO allies are now considering Russia to be the main security threat to Europe, and some have introduced plans to donate a higher percentage of GDP for defense spending.
However, Sanders-Zakre said that the increase in nuclear expenditure was more driven by the cost of operating long-term contracts and rising cost of nuclear systems than current security concerns.
Israel attacks Iranian nuclear spots
Israel launched a blistering attack on the heart of Iranian nuclear and military structures on Friday, deploying war aircraft and drones smuggled into the ground to focus on key devices and kill top generals and scientists – according to his opponent before his opponent approached the building of the atomic weapon.
According to the published AP operation, the operation increased the potential for the total war between countries and powered the region on the edge of even greater shock.
Iran quickly retired and sent a swarm of drones in Israel as the highest leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned against “serious punishment”.
Iran was convicted by the UN atomic dog’s dog a day earlier for not fulfilling duties to prevent nuclear weapons from developing.
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