It is a bit like planetary heating, with every year proving hotter than the previous one, the record for the hottest year ever being rewritten every year. That has become depressingly true about weapons spending as well, a new record set every year for the past three. For instance, the world spent $2.63 trillion last year on defence, as it is called. In 2024 that number was $2.48 trillion and in 2026 it is projected at $2.9 trillion. This is a curve that is expected to keep rising as major Europe