US Spends More Than ‌All ⁠Other Nuclear States Combined on Nuclear Weapons, Report Says

Nuclear officials stand near the entrance to a reactor at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens, Ala., on March 25, 2011. Matthew Bigg/Reuters

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.