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LONDON (Reuters) - British defence minister John Healey will meet U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine, Britain's ministry of defence said.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and target a 3% level last seen just after the Cold War, a signal to U.S. President ...
But the rush to hike Britain’s defence budget to 2.5 per cent of its GDP comes amid talks to end the war in Ukraine and UK plans to act as a peacekeeper in the country to deter future Russian ...
The Strategic Defence Review is an upcoming review of the United Kingdom's defence policy. It is the first such review carried out by a Labour government since 2003 . The review will be led by former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson , with oversight from Defence Secretary John Healey .
As part of the announcement, Starmer committed £1.6 billion (€1.94 billion) in UK export finances to purchase more than 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine. [7] The missiles will be manufactured in Belfast in Northern Ireland. [7]
The UK Defence Journal is a website covering defence industry news in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] [4] In addition to news content, the site also offers commentary ...
Europe's aim in taking this defence action is two-fold as well: First, to show Donald Trump that — in the words of the UK prime minister — Europe will now do the "heavy lifting" to defend itself.
The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). It came into being on 2 April 2007, bringing together the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation under the leadership of General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue as the first Chief ...