arms race

Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans

November 2, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

So far, the Biden administration’s request for $43.2 billion for the U.S. nuclear arsenal “modernization” follows the Trump administration’s spending patterns.

U.S. companies sold more than 60% of all arms in the international market in 2019

December 9, 2020 By Peoples Dispatch

U.S. sanctions against Russia and China have helped maintain its hegemony in the global arms trade with 12 of its companies featuring in the world’s top 25 arms producing and military service providers.

Australian government ramps up anti-China campaign, spends billions on weaponry

July 15, 2020 By Denis Doherty And Hannah Middleton

Australian PM Morrison is using fear as his chief weapon, evoking the rise of Nazism and describing the post-pandemic world as “poorer, more dangerous, and more disorderly.”

Guns or vaccines? Racing to build weapons of death during a pandemic

May 14, 2020 By Conn Hallinan

The U.S. spends $1.25 trillion a year on defense. Half that amount could provide adequate medical support during the COVID-19 crisis and pay jobless Americans a salary.