Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's nine nuclear-armed states are upgrading and expanding their arsenals, accelerating an arms race that is creating "new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Revenues from sales of weapons and military services by the 100 largest global arms-producing companies reached a record $679bn in ...

STOCKHOLM — The world's biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well ...

They increased by 5.9% to $679 billion (€583 billion) in 2024 — the highest figure ever recorded, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The rise in the total arms ...

The estimated global inventory of nuclear warheads stood at 12,241 in January 2025. Photo: zef art/Shutterstock. Global nuclear weapon stockpiles are expanding and being modernised, indicating the ...

In 2023, SIPRI noted a 6.8% rise in global military spending. Credit: T. Schneider/Shutterstock. Wars, ongoing conflicts and rising tensions have driven sales of arms and military services by the ...

ANKARA — Turkey marked its strongest performance yet on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Top 100 arms-producing list for 2024 with a record five defense companies whose total ...

Stockholm-based SIPRI is one of the world’s leading military thinktanks, advising governments all over the world. Yet behind its success is a uniquely Swedish approach. In an imposing former military ...

Global arms exports rose massively between 2021 and 2025. Europe has overtaken Asia and the Middle East as the largest ...

Global military expenditure rose by 9.4% in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, the steepest yearly rise since the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm ...

SIPRI described the May 2025 cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan as an "unusually severe military crisis" involving the two nuclear-armed neighbours. (File photo) India now has 190 ...