Massive US nuclear spending sparks fears

Of the nine nuclear armed powers, the US spends the largest amount of money on its nuclear weapons although it does not have the largest nuclear arsenal.

It does, however, have a soaring rate of homelessness, unemployment and hurricane damage, yet taxpayer money continues to fund foreign wars and weaponry, killing civilians.

Contractors who produce the parts needed to build nuclear weapons profit the most just as they do by supplying arms to Israel for its genocidal war on Gaza.

• Massive US nuclear spending sparks fears
  

  Massive US nuclear spending sparks fears

  The probability of nuclear wars and threats from nuclear-armed countries seems to be growing.

Ironically, US Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative Tim Walberg stated that Gaza needs to be treated the same as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as if the amount of destruction is not enough and nuclear war is the only remaining option.

The program coordinator for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Susie Snider, who was also one of the authors of a recent report on the nuclear spending, clarifies the situation.

• Colossal spending on nuclear arsenal at American families’ expense
  

  Colossal spending on nuclear arsenal at American families’ expense

  Running a significant budget deficit of $1.83 trillion, the United States plans to spend up to $1.5 trillion over 30 years to overhaul its nuclear arsenal.

$51.5 billion (was) spent by the United States in 2023 on their nuclear weapons designed to destroy cities, designed to violate the rules of international humanitarian law, the laws of war if they're ever used.

If there is a nuclear conflict, it will change life for every person on this planet.

There is no one that would not be affected, and they could be affected by the direct conflict where the bomb goes off. There's the immediate, you know, the immediate blast, the fireball, there's the delayed impact of radiation, there is the intergenerational harm.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Susie Snyder

• US planning to spend $140bn to upgrade atomic arsenal
  

  Nuclear arms race: US planning to spend $140bn to upgrade atomic arsenal

  The report warns the US plan could generate a nuclear arms race with China and Russia.

Nuclear weapons violate the tenets of international humanitarian law, distinction, proportionality, means of warfare and environmental protection.

Although the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons bans any threat of nuclear war, technological advancement seems to counter that, and its dramatization, such as last year's Oppenheimer film, may only end up normalizing the devastating consequences that will carry on through generations.

• US geared toward military spending not social betterment
  

  US geared toward military spending not social betterment

  While the military regularly receive astronomical funds, matters which have left tens of millions of Americans breathing foul air, drinking tainted water and struggling to pay for food, housing and health care, are effectively ignored.

It remains crystal clear that US spending on foreign wars and matters is much larger than spending on domestic concerns such as homelessness and health care.

It must also not be forgotten that the Israeli regime, denying any nuclear stock, threatened to nuke Gaza, while a US senator warned that Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be a lesson for Gaza.

How much of a coincidence is this?

• 600,000 homeless persons in the United States despite being the world's largest economy
  

  600,000 homeless persons in the United States despite being the world's largest economy

  There are an estimated 600,000 homeless persons in the United States of America, a staggering number for the world

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