The United States spent $69.2 billion on nuclear weapons in 2025—more than all other nuclear armed states combined, a report found.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) said in its report published June 9 that China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the UK, and the United States spent a total of $118.8 billion on nuclear arms, up 19 percent from 2024.
The United States had the largest annual increase between 2024 and 2025, up 22 percent (or $12.4 billion), the highest percentage increase of all nine nuclear armed states.
China remained second, spending $13.5 billion last year—an increase of 7 percent.
The UK overtook Russia to take third place, spending $12.6 billion, a 17 percent increase on the year before. Russia spent $9.5 billion, an increase of 6 percent….