Nuclear-armed countries swelled their spending on atomic weapons by a fifth last year to a record high of nearly $119 billion, with plans to ramp up those investments for decades, campaigners said Tuesday.

The United States and Russia together hold around 83 percent of the world's nuclear arms stockpile, with more than 5,000 warheads each.

Spending on nuclear weapons by the world's nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost a fifth in 2025 to $119 billion, a report by the International

Global spending on nuclear weapons surged to a record $119 billion in 2025, as nuclear-armed nations expanded and modernised arsenals, raising concerns over a renewed arms race and global security risks.

Kim Jong Un inspected a new plant that makes weapons-grade nuclear material on Wednesday and said Pyongyang plans to “beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate,” according to a report from state-run media.

The U.S. is reportedly exploring plans to expand its nuclear weapons-hosting arrangements to include more NATO countries in Europe.

June 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. is discussing whether to deploy nuclear weapons in additional European NATO states, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. U.S. officials have signaled openness to additional deployments beyond the existing six countries hosting nuclear-capable bombers,

Worldwide spending on nuclear weapons soared to a record high last year as atomic-armed countries moved more warheads from storage on to delivery systems, experts said. The nine nuclear-armed states jointly spent nearly US$119 billion (NZ$205b) on their arsenals last year,

In a June 2 press release from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), veteran nuclear weapons physicist and CAE academician Du Xiangwan confirmed that he and his team had been