People near the screen broadcasting a report about the North Korean ballistic missile launch. File photo SEUL, Jun 15 The DPRK spent $1,221 per minute on its nuclear program in 2021, a total of $642 million, analysts at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) calculated. In the ICAN 2021 report, Global Nuclear Weapons Spending» provides estimates of spending on weapons by countries with the largest military budgets, including the United States, China and Russia, and also summarizes data on concluded contracts for the supply of weapons, lobbying.
The White House has threatened a strong response in the event of a nuclear test by the DPRKAccording to ICAN, North Korea has 20 ready nuclear warheads. Pyongyang is developing nuclear-capable missiles that can be launched from the ground and from submarines. In 2020, South Korea estimated the gross national income (GNI) of North Korea at 35 trillion North Korean won. It is not possible to accurately determine the military spending of the DPRK, but South Korean analysts in 2009 estimated that Pyongyang spent about a third of its GNI, that is, $ 8.7 billion, on its armed forces. According to ICAN analysts, assuming that North Korea continues to spend 35 % of its GNI on its military, North Korea would spend about 12.2 trillion Korean won on its military in 2020.China called on the US to rethink its policy towards the DPRK»Global Zero estimates that North Korea spent about 6% of its military budget on its nuclear program in 2011. Assuming that North Korea still spends 6% of its annual military spending on nuclear weapons , then the DPRK would spend about 734 billion won on its nuclear program in 2020. 734 billion won is $642 million, which is in line with our estimate of North Korea's spending on the nuclear program in 2021,» the report explains. that in 2021, North Korea was spending $1,221 every minute on nuclear weapons, ICAN calculated. Previously, the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA) in South Korea calculated that North Korea is estimated to have spent $400- 650 million dollars. But in 2022, the DPRK has already conducted a total of 18 missile tests, excluding tests of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). While Pyongyang conducted eight missile tests in 2021.
