UK puts its defense industry on 'war footing' and gives Ukraine $620 million in new military aid
by Japan Today
Japan Today— The UK prime minister said Tuesday the country is putting its defense industry on a “war footing” by increasing defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade, and pledged to send arms worth 500 million pounds ($620 million) to Ukraine. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the
Breaking Defense—UK pledges ‘generational’ leap in defense spending, industry to go on ‘war footing’. Under the new plan, London wants to spend a cumulative extra of £75 billion ($93 billion) over the next six years, culminating in a 2030 annual defense budget of £87 billion ($108 billion), which would make it second in NATO only to the US in defense expenditure.
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BBC News—Biden vows to 'quickly' supply new military aid to Ukraine. The US president says he will send "significant" support to Kyiv if senators pass a new aid deal on Tuesday.