UK Leader Pledges Hike In Spending For Defense Equal To 2.5% Of GDP

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Credit: Lauren Hurley/No. 10 Downing Street
LONDON–British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to raise UK defense spending to the equivalent of 2.5% of GDP. Speaking in Poland alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on April 23, Sunak declared that an extra £75 billion ($93.4 billion) would be spent over the next six years, an...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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