Despite public opposition, corporations are driving a nuclear spending race that makes us all less safe.
People stand behind a banner reading"Divest New York Nukes" during an outdoor demonstration in New York City, on August 1, 2020.As raging wars in Gaza and Ukraine and sharpening geopolitical tensions fuel instability and uncertainty, global spending on nuclear weapons surged by more than 13 percent to $91.
ICAN, which has been monitoring global nuclear weapons spending since 2019, reports that total spending has increased by 34 percent over the last five years. That works out to a cumulative total of $387 billion for nine nuclear-armed nations to maintain, modernize and expand nuclear arsenals over five years. During that period, all nine have consistently increased their nuclear spending.. Some are household names, but most are unknown to the public.
Top ranked among the 20 companies included in the report were Honeywell International , Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems based on reported 2023 nuclear weapons-related revenue.a $426 million sales increase in 2023 for the program that will replace the Minuteman III, which are housed inOther well-known corporations produce “key components for the French nuclear arsenal” , a “guided tail-kit assembly for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb” , and maintain “propulsion systems for all U.K.
Speaking from Geneva, Snyder said the companies “are in some ways really milking a system … with a false justification.” She called the report “one tool to uncover the myth of nuclear weapons,” which she said are not useful and do not provide security, but rather put everyone at risk.“Imagine a million trees,” she said, “instead of bombs that are designed to vaporize those cities. People need to think of the alternatives, and they need to say something about it.
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