Data Gold 29 November, According to the report of the Russian Satellite News Agency, the United States plans to spend about $138 billion on the modernization of its nuclear arsenal by 2049, which "actually" marks the beginning of an arms race. The report stated, "The pace of modernization of the US nuclear arsenal is accelerating. In 2023, the Pentagon received more than 200 upgraded nuclear warheads, the largest annual delivery since the end of the Cold War." The United States is also expected to spend $500 billion on stockpile management, with the number of people employed in the past 10 years for the nuclear modernization plan increasing by more than 70%. The report states, "The United States' large-scale modernization of nuclear warheads, replacement of nuclear weapon carriers, and increased production capacity of nuclear weapon development enterprises actually constitutes an arms race with its competitors".