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“This is a message to Moscow,” Healey told the BBC. “This is Britain standing behind, making our armed forces stronger but making our industrial base stronger, and this is part of our readiness to fight, if required.”U.S. President Donald Trump has also piled pressure on NATO members to bolster their defense spending. And in recent months, European countries, led by the U.K. and France, have scrambled to coordinate their defense posture as
, seemingly sidelining Europe as he looks to end the war in Ukraine. Trump has longof NATO and complained that the U.S. provides security to European countries that don’t pull their weight.Healey also said Russia is “attacking the U.K. daily” as part of some 90,000 cyber attacks from state-linked sources that were directed at the U.K,’s defense over the last two years. A cyber command to counter such threats is expected to be set up as part of the review.
“The tensions are greater but we prepare for war in order to secure the peace,” he said. “If you’re strong enough to defeat an enemy, you deter them from attacking in the first place.”While on a visit to a factory on Saturday where Storm Shadow missiles are assembled, Healey said the government would support the procurement of up to 7,000 U.K.-built long-range weapons and that new funding will see U.K. munitions spending hitting 6 billion pounds in the coming years.
“Six billion over the next five years in factories like this which allow us not just to produce the munitions that equip our forces for the future but to create the jobs in every part of the U.K.,” he said.
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary for the main opposition Conservative Party, welcomed the government’s pledge to increase defense spending but said he was “skeptical” as to whether the Treasury would deliver. He called on the government to be more ambitious and raise spending to 3% of national income within this parliament, which can run until 2029.WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals said Thursday that no decision has been made on
after an email was sent to season-ticket holders calling next season his last.The team on social media said that the email was mistakenly sent by someone in the corporate sales department.
this spring and now has a total of 897. The upcoming 2025-26 season is his last on his current contract,, and he turns 40 in September.