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UK must urgently boost defence spending or risk being vulnerable to missile attacks, general warns

Decades of defence cuts have reduced UK armed forces by more than half, with spending now at 2.3% of GDP, risking vulnerability to missile and drone threats.

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The UK should urgently accelerate plans to spend more on its armed forces or risk being vulnerable to the kind of missile and drone attacks seen across the Gulf and in Russia's war against Ukraine, an author of the government's defence review has said.

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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