Danger dead ahead.

Danger dead ahead.
The UN has warned that the risk of nuclear weapons use is higher than ever. Russia and the United States have 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads. The nine nuclear-armed states are spending more than ever on their arsenals, going so far as to increase their nuclear weapons budgets by $1.4 billion in 2020–even during a global pandemic.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, nuclear-armed states spent $72.6 billion on such weapons in 2020. The United States accounted for more than half of that spending, with China second. Britain announced in March that it will grow its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than 40%.