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NATO agrees ambitious defense spending expansion
The US and NATO leadership pushed to increase the alliance’s spending target from 2% of each member country’s GDP to 5%.
NATO ministers back defense spending increase
NATO alliance defense ministers have broadly endorsed a plan to increase spending to 5% of GDP, as US President Donald Trump ...
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NATO nations endorse plan to boost defence-related spending to 5% of GDP
NATO has set out a planned near-term increase to defence spending by its member nations, as the alliance continues to evolve ...
NATO allies agree to raise defense spending to up to 5% of GDP
Gathered Thursday at the headquarters of the alliance in Brussels, the defense ministers of the 32 allied countries confirmed ...
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NATO allies agree to boost weapon inventories ahead of Trump-pleasing summit
Alliance leaders are widely expected to agree to a new defense spending target of 5 percent of GDP when they meet in The ...
NATO allies agree huge spending boost as US demands they are 'ready' for Russia
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded GDP members of NATO be 'combat-ready' or risk losing US support amid escalating ...
NATO likely to hike defense spending despite economic woes
The military alliance looks set to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demands to commit to a massive increase in defense spending. Some creative counting proposed by NATO head Mark Rutte could soften ...
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Hegseth stresses deterrence through hard power at meeting of NATO defense chiefs
Increased military spending in Europe must be directed toward hard-power capabilities to give NATO credibility that goes ...
UK will be forced to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP in NATO push to keep US on side, Sky News understands
As well as a rise in pure defence spending to 3.5% by 2035, Sir Keir Starmer will also likely be forced to commit a further 1 ...