'The Abyss Is Beckoning': Global Nuke Spending Surged to $2,898 a Second in 2023 | Common Dreams
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Two new reports detail how the world's nine nuclear-armed countries are spending aggressively to modernize and deploy weapons that pose an existential threat to civilization.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16632607

Two new reports detail how the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries are spending aggressively to modernize and deploy weapons that pose an existential threat to civilization.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    I can assure you Pakistan is using that money for new mercedes for all army generals, and some 99 cent red paint to pretend they upgraded their nukes.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Seriously. Pick a better unit of measurement. I’m not going to multiply it out by 86,400 x 365 to figure out the actual amount.

  • Naich@lemmings.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Any beings stupid enough to eschew spending money on helping their own species in favour of weapons to destroy the planet they live on don’t deserve to survive.