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A Stockholm-based watchdog says the world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on nuclear deterrence in 2023

States are on course to spend $100bn a year, driven by a sharp increase in US defence budgets

Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across the world, researchers said Monday.

For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds

India tops global arms imports, Russia remains main supplier, U.S. and France see significant growth in exports.

China is turning to ‘future technologies’ to boost is economy as it tries to turn the page on developers’ struggles.

Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second largest exporter behind the United…

The US and France led global arms exports to allies in the past five years, as Russian sales collapsed.

Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday.