The world spent £2,288 a second on nuclear weapons last year

The world’s nuclear-armed countries spent a massive £72.2 billion ($91.4bn) on maintaining and building their arsenals in 2023, according to a new report.

That’s around £198 million a day, £8.2m an hour, £137,000 a minute or £2,288 a second.

So far, there are nine countries with nuclear weapons – the US, UK, China, Russia, India, France, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea. 

However, six other nations host nuclear weapons for their allies ...