Political maneuvering ahead of the Spending Review and announcement of the SDR.
CurtisInCamden on
Long overdue, especially in regards to the recruitment and training aspects.
kahnindustries on
Good, but they should spend it in the UK buying UK manufactured arms and equipment
noodlepringle83 on
Still too far away, we’ll just ask Russia and China not to start any world wars between now and then, shall we…?
RedofPaw on
Reform: “we will make it 4% by 2030 and cut your taxes by 50%”
cennep44 on
The Guardian aren’t happy.
>Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year
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>Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict
Best opportunity for corruption is military and weapons spending.
Minimum oversight and transparency.
CharmingTurnover8937 on
Needs doing now. The world is changing fast, and we are waiting for a review that keeps getting pushed back.
People don’t seem to grasp how dire our forces are at the moment. We don’t have enough of anything and we sure as shit couldn’t fight a war.
Sithfish on
So years after some sort of global war has already started.
AhoyDeerrr on
Why not, instead of setting out arbitrary % of GDP figures the MOD/Government do an overarching analysis and plan of what our strategic military goals ought to be, the capability required to facilitate those goal and just pay whatever that costs.
Why is it 3% of GDP? Why not 3.1% or 2.9%?
JayR_97 on
As long as its spent on the UK/EU arms industry and not just funneling money to the US, im perfectly fine with that
saxbophone on
Lithuania and Taiwan being threatened with invasion next. We need to aim higher, 5% defence budget needed ASAP.
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Political maneuvering ahead of the Spending Review and announcement of the SDR.
Long overdue, especially in regards to the recruitment and training aspects.
Good, but they should spend it in the UK buying UK manufactured arms and equipment
Still too far away, we’ll just ask Russia and China not to start any world wars between now and then, shall we…?
Reform: “we will make it 4% by 2030 and cut your taxes by 50%”
The Guardian aren’t happy.
>Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year
>
>Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/nato-military-spending-could-increase-emissions-study-finds
Beyond parody.
Best opportunity for corruption is military and weapons spending.
Minimum oversight and transparency.
Needs doing now. The world is changing fast, and we are waiting for a review that keeps getting pushed back.
People don’t seem to grasp how dire our forces are at the moment. We don’t have enough of anything and we sure as shit couldn’t fight a war.
So years after some sort of global war has already started.
Why not, instead of setting out arbitrary % of GDP figures the MOD/Government do an overarching analysis and plan of what our strategic military goals ought to be, the capability required to facilitate those goal and just pay whatever that costs.
Why is it 3% of GDP? Why not 3.1% or 2.9%?
As long as its spent on the UK/EU arms industry and not just funneling money to the US, im perfectly fine with that
Lithuania and Taiwan being threatened with invasion next. We need to aim higher, 5% defence budget needed ASAP.