Nato is demanding the UK increase spending amid fear that the country could be vulnerable to ballistic missile strikes.
Nato will demand the UK increase military spending, to protect British air space against ballistic missiles.Amid escalating conflict in Ukraine, the UK currently does not contribute enough the European defence systems, and it is believed that Nato will make a formal request to Prime Minister Kier Starmer to increase funding later this year.A Times investigation found that defence sources are deeply concerned about the holes in British missile defence.
"There is an ongoing discussion in Europe about defence spending and there is an acceptance that it needs to go up," he told Nick. "But the discussion this morning was also about how we do that jointly, make the most of the joint work that we do, and all of that has to be taken into account."He continued: "At the moment, we’re going to set out the pathway to 2.5% but there’s a live discussion going on about defence spending.
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