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$157,664 per minute on nuclear weapons, that’s what the nine-nuclear armed states spent in 2022.  In total, the nuclear armed states spent $82.9 billion on nuclear weapons in a year when the general public was confronted with a very real threat of nuclear war. 



The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and threats to use nuclear weapons laid bare the inherent risks and dangers of nuclear deterrence theory in preserving international peace and security. Yet, politicians, CEOs, and experts continued to tout the value of nuclear deterrence, and argued for an increased reliance on nuclear weapons. ICAN’s new report: “Wasted: 2022 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending <[link removed]>” exposes those complicit actors.



Why? Because behind the scenes, throughout 2022, nuclear-armed countries poured their resources into expanding and maintaining nuclear weapons, while nuclear weapon producing companies and countries in nuclear alliances did their best to sell deterrence by funding think tanks and lobbyists. Board members at nuclear weapons producing companies played an integral role in keeping the money flowing to weapons of mass destruction — sitting on boards of banks that lend to them and major think tanks researching and writing about nuclear weapons. 



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Did you know that last year, the world's nuclear-armed countries spent a whopping $82.9 billion on their arsenals? That's over $157,000 per minute on weapons that should NEVER be used. And the worst part? This increase could have provided clean water sanitation for 40 million people or paid the salaries of 739,000 nurses. Let's demand accountability and ask: What were they thinking? Share this post with your friends and let's spread awareness! #NuclearBan #GlobalSpending #NursesNotNukes 











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They may have the resources, but they don’t have the numbers. In June 2022, more than sixty states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons gathered in Vienna for the treaty’s first Meeting of States Parties, adopting the first action plan on nuclear disarmament in over a decade. Every country needs to get on the right side of history and join this treaty before it’s too late.



Thank you for your support, 



Alicia Sanders-Zakre, 

ICAN



It’s time to end nuclear weapons.



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