Friend --
Nine
nuclear armed states spent roughly $73
billion on their nuclear
arsenals last year! That’s $138,699 per
minute! These numbers come
from our latest investigation, published today: “Enough is Enough:
2019 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending.” This estimate includes costs to
maintain current nuclear warheads and nuclear delivery systems and to
develop and build new ones.
Read the report here
In our research, we also found that
the nine nuclear-armed states spent an estimated $7.1 billion more on
their arsenals in 2019 than they did in 2018. And nuclear expenditures
are projected to grow substantially in the next decade as these
countries continue to develop and build new nuclear weapons systems.
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Weapons spending" →
So how do we stop these countries
from wasting billions of dollars while putting the entire world at
risk? With our findings, citizens in nuclear-armed states can take
their governments to task for choosing to put these weapons of mass
destruction over healthcare, education or combating climate change.
You can help us spread the word by reading
and sharing the report→
These citizens can encourage their
countries to join the rest of the world. In 2017, the majority of the
world’s countries rallied behind the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons, sending a clear signal to the nine
nuclear-armed-states (and to the banks, universities and other
institutions tied to nuclear weapons production) that nuclear weapons
are unacceptable and will soon become illegal under international law.
With 36 states parties, the treaty is very close to entry into force.
It’s time for all countries to show their support for a
nuclear-weapons-free-world by joining the treaty. And we will keep
pushing until they do.
Thank you for standing with
us.
Alicia
Sanders-Zakre Policy & Research
Coordinator ICAN
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