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

ICAN said that 99 other countries in 2025 have now signed, ratified, or acceded to the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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.