Monday, June 16, 2025

World military spending rose by 37% in the past decade, and by 9.4% last year alone

The world is becoming more unstable, and the likelihood that nuclear weapons may one day be used is increasing, despite the wishes of humanity. 

Bigger bombs in a more unstable world

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That is the broad conclusion of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) Yearbook, published on Monday.

World on the cusp of a new nuclear arms race, says SIPRI

The nine nuclear-armed states are building bigger bombs and longer-range delivery systems as the world loses stability.

The US Air Force's B-21 Raider
 
The US Air Force's B-21 Raider is a long-range stealth bomber that can be armed with nuclear weapons [File: David Swanson/Reuters]

It is a compilation of SIPRI’s recent research into conflicts, arms transfers and military expenditure, but it places particular emphasis on what SIPRI sees as a dawning new arms race among the nine nuclear-armed states – the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.

Although the number of nuclear warheads in the world is declining as the US and Russia gradually dismantle 1,000 retired warheads, new warheads are entering stockpiles and will eventually outpace these in the absence of any treaties reducing or limiting stockpiles, said SIPRI.

Improvements in potency, delivery and accuracy are also bringing about a new nuclear era, it said.

Risk of nuclear war grows amid new arms race – DW – 06/16/2025

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