Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

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Leading global military spenders in 2025

Agni 5 missile. Photo: Hindustan Times

Russia and the US together possess almost 90% of all nuclear weapons: SIPRI report

FILE PHOTO: A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

The global nuclear arsenal grew last year, SIPRI says

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade

A US special forces soldier stands in front of Chadian soldiers during Flintlock 2015, an American-led military exercise, in Mao, February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

Military spending saw biggest increase in a decade in 2019