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“3.5 percent of GDP to be spent annually on defence by 2035”
“The DIP includes £5bn to increase the armed forces' use of drones and autonomous weapons, with a 'hybrid navy' making use of uncrewed vessels.”
“one week before the anniversary of the military crackdown that ended pro‑democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989”
“They were at first successful, getting Mamdani’s executive budget proposal to boost the ranks from the current 33,861 to 35,370 in the 2027 fiscal year. But ultimately, Mamdani sided with the protesters.”
“£80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”
“It’s clear to almost anybody that’s watching that the momentum has shifted in favour of Ukraine. “The momentum has shifted because the Russian ground operations have been stopped and the Russian Navy is barely a factor anymore.”
“Under the previous Conservative government in 2022, former prime minister Boris Johnson attempted to introduce similar “pushback” orders for the Navy”
“Frontline Robotics, which makes drones and weaponry used by more than 60 Ukrainian units, has to make small changes to its products up to 20 times a month and make major updates around every six months to keep its edge.”
“development of “deep precision strike weapons” in partnership with Germany”
“Overall, defence expenditure is expected to increase to £80bn a year by 2029.”
“This drone, made by Fire Point, a Ukrainian defense technology company, can travel between 800 and 1,200 miles.”
“I’ve heard from 20 plus year veteran officers who have put back on foot patrol because the NYPD doesn’t have adequate personnel.”
“More than £63 billion will be spent over the next four years on a new nuclear warhead, Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS submarines, and other work on the nuclear deterrent”
“Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes are wrecking Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure and if they can continue this over the coming weeks, then it will be long term damage. “If they can sustain this, going towards the end of the year, it w…”
“In January 2022, former prime minister Boris Johnson and his home secretary, Priti Patel, announced they were handing operational control of the Channel over to the military under a plan dubbed Operation Isotrope”
“A big part of the assembly lines relies on manual assembly because manual assembly is the most flexible one.”
“just before the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara on 7-8 July”
“Some of the money for the nuclear deterrent will also form part of a decade-long £26bn overhaul of naval bases, including Portsmouth, dubbed 'Project Royal Oak'.”
“Other anticipated outlays include $14.6 billion for the city’s Department of Social Services and $6.59 billion in NYPD funding.”
“More than £5 billion on a drone ‘transformation’, including £650 million on expendable drones and other uncrewed vehicles heavily inspired by warfare innovations in Ukraine”
“We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s, £270billion over the spending review period. And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan we are increasing this by an extra £…”
“The plan was quietly dropped four months later after a backlash from the Navy, refugee charities and a threatened High Court challenge”
“what seems to be cutting-edge technology will be completely outdated after one, maximum two, months.”
“the first day of the summit will be an opportunity for the alliance’s 32 members to sign “massive amounts of new contracts, MOUs (and) letters of intent” to meet defence spending goals”
“Starmer also announced investment in 'renewing' the UK's nuclear deterrent would include spending on new Dreadnought submarines, a new sovereign warhead and 12 F35-A jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons.”
“£11 billion to increase stockpiles of munitions and weapons”
“Because it was supposed to be published last Autumn, then the Ministry of Defence found a massive £28billion black hole, and now, of course, there's been a massive row over recent weeks.”
“The party argues that the plan, to be put in place within three months of taking office, is a legitimate use of the military because it is part of bolstering the UK’s defence and national security.”
“NATO is moving to learn as much as it can from the speed of Ukraine's weapons development, including through Western companies working with Ukrainian counterparts.”
“British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has at last presented his government's Defence Investment Plan, a spending programme that aims to ensure Britain’s military future by raising defence investments to £80 billion (€92.8 billion) a year by …”
“The new Dreadnought submarines will see four boats replace the current Vanguard class from the 2030s”
“More than £8 billion for a programme to develop and build a next-generation stealth fighter jet for the RAF, working with Japan and Italy”
“We’ve pledged to get to five per cent by 2035, and we haven't even laid out how we're going to get to three per cent. But other countries in Europe are already surging ahead, Germany will be at 3.7 per cent, Sweden be at 3.5 per cent.”
“Nato has assessed it must be ready for conflict as early as 2030.”
“Capability development needs to take place, as it does in Ukraine, "in weeks and months, not just years and decades."”
“Building and buying stealth fighter jets, submarines and warheads are all on the menu, with £5 billion (€5.8 million) allocated solely for the development of drones, a move Starmer hailed as “the largest ever UK investment in this technolo…”
“Earlier this month, the Treasury and No 10 agreed a £13.5bn funding increase, well short of the £28bn the MoD wanted.”
“£26 billion – including some of the nuclear deterrent cash – for a major project to upgrade several of the UK’s naval bases”
“the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, which was in Glasgow last June”
“the Navy will have six expensive headquarters”
“Frontline is now working with German unmanned aerial systems company Quantum Systems to manufacture Frontline's Ukrainian-designed drones in Germany for Ukraine, combining Frontline's battlefield experience with Quantum's production expert…”
“Drones will also be tested at the “Uncrewed Systems Centre” — a 50,632 square metre facility touted as Europe’s largest drone testing facility.”
“The memorandum of understanding (MoU) brokered by Pakistan and Qatar less than two weeks ago committed the countries to halt military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, and immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a…”
“£790 million to protect the UK and its overseas bases from ‘air, drone and missile threats’, with new radar and sensor systems and investment in Directed Energy Weapons”
“And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan we are increasing this by an extra £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our Armed Forces and to strengthen our nati…”
“The Army will spend £500m on upgrading its drone fleet and operations as part of a defence package of up to £15bn over three years, due to be announced on Tuesday, which is heavy on the drones and Artificial Intelligence that are driving m…”
“In a stunning turn of events, Healey resigned two weeks before the defence plan was announced by Starmer over concerns that not enough money was being allocated to support the country’s security and meet the new NATO commitment of 3.5 perc…”
“majorities in all six predominantly Muslim nations surveyed think the US could pose a military threat to their country some day.”
“£900 million on an efficiency drive to save more money in the long run, including investment in AI to boost productivity”
“Before we came into office, so two years ago, this country spent £54billion a year on defence.”
“Funding of around £500m has also been announced for new commando forces, to be spent on all kinds of surface and underwater drones.”
“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the first day of the summit will be an opportunity for the alliance’s 32 members to sign “massive amounts of new contracts, MOUs (and) letters of intent” to meet defence spending goals.”
“£100 million to ramp up the deployment of AI capabilities for the UK armed forces – and £115 million to protect against AI threats”
“We are taking this to almost £80billion a year by 2029.”
“Ukraine and France are negotiating a license for SCALP missiles to be produced in Ukraine, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed, adding that Kyiv is making progress in the talks.”
“We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spending for training and improving availability of ships and aircraft to increase our war-fighting readiness.”
“When I went to the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, which was in Glasgow last June, little did I think that it would be over a year since the publication of this Defence Investment Plan, the blueprint of where the money is going to …”
“France's SCALP cruise missiles are equivalent to the British Storm Shadow, with a range of up to 250 km.”
“The Treasury revealed this afternoon the DfT is mulling the cancellation of the A38 Derby Junctions and A46 Newark Bypass schemes to go towards cuts of £700 million to its roads funding.”
“We've pledged to get to five per cent by 2035, and we haven't even laid out how we're going to get to three per cent.”
“Paris first agreed to transfer them to Ukraine in July 2023, at the NATO summit in Vilnius.”
“Meanwhile, DESNZ is set to find an additional £2 billion, which is understood to centre on efficiency savings and routine delays to some schemes if necessary.”
“other countries in Europe are already surging ahead, Germany will be at 3.7 per cent, Sweden be at 3.5 per cent.”
“Following a summit in Evian earlier in June, the leaders of the G7 said they discussed the possibility of Ukraine producing Western weapons and were 'ready to consider' issuing these licenses.”
“he said £80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”
“Analysing the Government's promised £5billion for drones and advanced technologies...”
“But the US-Israel war on Iran has depleted almost a third of the stockpiles of Patriot interceptors. According to some estimates, Gulf states have collectively fired more than 1,100 of them in the past few months.”
“I have secured more money and made different choices for defence. 'We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spending for training and improving availab…”
“And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan, we are increasing this by a further £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our armed forces and strengthen our natio…”
“Lockheed Martin produces roughly 600 interceptors per year, and Zelenskyy said in earlier remarks that monthly production reached at most 60-65 missiles.”
“More than £5 billion on a drone 'transformation', including £650 million on expendable drones and other uncrewed vehicles heavily inspired by warfare innovations in Ukraine”
“We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s. £270billion over the spending review period.”
“According to Kyiv, Russia has the capacity to produce twice that amount: about 120 ballistic missiles per month, along with other missile types.”
“More than £8 billion for a programme to develop and build a next-generation stealth fighter jet for the RAF, working with Japan and Italy”
“But then after the invasion of Ukraine, our thinking changed, and that was why Rishi Sunak and I decided that we needed to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP.”
“According to some estimates, Gulf states have collectively fired more than 1,100 of them in the past few months.”
“£26 billion — including some of the nuclear deterrent cash — for a major project to upgrade several of the UK’s naval bases”
“The plan, which sets out a £14.5billion increase in spending, still falls short of the £28billion that former Defence Secretary John Healey and ex-Armed Forces Minister Al Carns declared was necessary, triggering their resignations earlier…”
“Britain would spend almost £300 billion (€348 billion) over the next four years to modernise its armed forces amid rising threats.”
“£790 million to protect the UK and its overseas bases from 'air, drone and missile threats', with new radar and sensor systems and investment in Directed Energy Weapons”
“Sir Keir Starmer is set to reveal the details of the plan today, which includes a £5billion fund for drones and automation.”
“Today we uplift defence spending further. An additional £15 billion worth of funding by...reprioritising spending across government.”
“So this is a step in the right direction, but it's not the quantum of increase that our nation demands and our allies are calling for. [...] £5billion is not the £28billion that the service chiefs have been asking for, and that's the figur…”
“The plan includes more than £5 billion (€5.8 billion) for drones and autonomous systems over the next four years, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said earlier in a press release.”
“one of the sadnesses really, having wasted a year coming up with a Strategic Defence Review, we've now had to wait another year for the Defence Investment Plan”
“The plan is a road map for how the UK will increase military spending to NATO’s target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035.”
“We've got to properly look after the security of this country, properly look after the security of Europe, and that requires more like the figure that the professionals were calling for, which is about £28billion to get us up to this three…”
“The UK has watched how drones have transformed war in Ukraine, which uses 200,000 of them a month to defend against Russian forces.”
“the three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about in February at the Munich Security Conference.”
“We haven't got the full details of it, but £5billion is not the £28billion that the service chiefs have been asking for, and that's the figure which would get us somewhere near the three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about …”
“one of the sadnesses really, having wasted a year coming up with a Strategic Defence Review, we've now had to wait another year for the Defence Investment Plan, which itself is woefully inadequate to finance the defence review that they si…”
“these problems have got to be grasped, they can't be brushed under the carpet, as has been going on for far too long at the top end of Government. [...] we've got to properly look after the security of this country, properly look after the…”
“three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about in February at the Munich Security Conference.”
“Since the Government announced its neighbourhood policing guarantee in April last year, each of the 43 police forces in England and Wales has appointed a dedicated anti-social behaviour lead.”
“Despite a negotiated £14.5billion increase”
“the £28billion that military chiefs argued was necessary for full 'war fighting readiness'”
“£400million destined for Mauritius and the Chagos deal on the Royal Navy”
“Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will reveal the details of the plan today, including a pledge of £5billion to focus on drones and automation.”
“Despite a negotiated £14.5billion increase, the plan falls short of the £28billion that military chiefs argued was necessary for full "war fighting readiness".”
“The capabilities you're hearing about, these drones and so on sounds impressive, but they're not going to come into service until the 2030s, and yet the threat we face is today.”
