US EditionNATO Has Been Deciding on the Largest Upgrade Program for Decades – The Observatorial
- NATO defense ministers agreed on June 5, 2025, in Brussels to launch the largest rearmament program since 1990 to address the threat from Russia.
- The decision followed increased defense requirements due to the war in Ukraine and intelligence warnings that Russia could attack a NATO member within a few years.
- The program mandates all NATO members to spend at least 3.5 percent of GDP on defense by 2032, with the United States pushing for a 5 percent target supported by Germany and France.
- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that Germany will allocate over EUR 200 billion and recruit 60,000 additional soldiers by 2030 to meet NATO goals.
- This extensive upgrade, involving major increases in conventional capabilities and resource needs such as tungsten, signals a historic shift in NATO's military posture and spending.
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Italy's Prime Minister and France's President ended their conflict and developed common scenarios to protect Europe from Russia: they fear that the US will soon withdraw troops from Europe and see dangers from Libya. Nato decides on the most ambitious defence targets since the Cold War, also to impress Donald Trump.
In view of the geopolitical situation, NATO has decided on the largest upgrade programme since the Cold War. What this means. An analysis.
NATO has been deciding on the largest upgrade program for decades – The Observatorial
It provides to expand the skills for deterrent and defense extremely in the next few years. Capacities such as far -reaching weapon systems, air defense and mobile land forces are top priority. US defense minister Peter Hegseth an early agreement on a significant increase in national defense spending. The decision for the program was made […]
Frankfurter Rundschau [Newsroom]Frankfurt (ots) - With the largest armament program in decades, the North Atlantic Pact wants to deter Russia of the autocrat Vladimir Putin, hold the USA in the defence alliance and increase the sovereignty of Europe. However, ... Read more here...Original content of: Frankfurter Rundschau, transmitted by news aktuell
NATO’s rearmament plan is entering an active phase. Defense ministers gathered in Brussels to approve a plan that will provide each of the allies with more military equipment in the future. No one on the continent has needed this since the Cold War, but Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has pushed NATO to take tough and expensive measures. “We are defining our goals and capabilities. We are filling the gaps, not only to protect ourselves now, b…
Urgent: NATO approves largest rearmament program since the Cold War - Almonty, Hensoldt, Rheinmetall
The news is a bombshell: In light of an acute threat from Russia, NATO is opening the money floodgates. The most extensive rearmament since 1990 not only provides for a massive increase in conventional military capabilities, but also reveals the dependence of modern armed forces on critical raw materials – especially tungsten. The decision was made during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels and has far-reaching consequences. For inve…
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