DEFESA
Despesa em armas nucleares acompanha crescimento das tensões globais
June 17, 2024 -
O investimento em armas nucleares aumentou 13% para um valor
recorde de $91.400 milhões durante 2023, motivado por um forte aumento nos orçamentos de defesa dos EUA e as crescentes tensões geopolíticas
In 2023 China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the UK and U.S. spent a combined $91.4 billion on their nuclear arms, which breaks down to $2,898 a second, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican).
The United States’ share of total spending, $51.5 billion, is more than all the other nuclear-armed countries put together.
The report provides a stark and troubling overview of global nuclear weapons expenditure: it has surged by 34% in the past five years, from $68.2 billion to $91.4 billion annually, with a cumulative total of $387 billion during this period.