US EditionUK Unveils Strategic Defence Review, Pledges Up to 12 Attack Submarines and £15 Billion Warhead Fund
- The UK government unveiled its 2025 Strategic Defence Review, pledging up to 12 nuclear-powered attack submarines and £15 billion for nuclear warhead replacement.
- The review responds to rising threats from Russia and China and includes 62 accepted recommendations to modernize armed forces amid fiscal constraints.
- BAE Systems will build the submarines at Barrow in Furness, doubling production capacity to deliver one every 18 months under the AUKUS partnership.
- Prime Minister Starmer affirmed the need to ‘‘be ready’’ and described the plan as the largest defense spending increase since the Cold War.
- The review signals a shift toward advanced technology, cyber defense expansion, and enhanced deterrence, with defense spending aiming to reach 3% of GDP before 2034.
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In an interview with the Sun on Saturday, May 31, Keir Starmer outlined his road map to strengthen the military power of the United Kingdom and upgrade its equipment. His plan includes the creation of six ammunition factories and the deployment of twelve new nuclear submarines to replace the existing fleet by the end of the 2030s. This is the largest military investment since the end of the Cold War, bringing defence spending to 3% of the budget…
NATO and Europe first: Britain’s new Strategic Defence Review
This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general at the Royal United Services Institute and former Labour government advisor, for an Emergency Room episode dissecting the UK’s newly unveiled Strategic Defence Review (SDR). Prime minister Keir Starmer has committed to increasing defence spending to 3% GDP by 2030, expanding the UK’s military capabilities with 12 attack submarines, boosting munitions production, and p…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has just presented the Strategic Defense Review that Downing Street has commissioned different experts to identify and prepare the country to face potential threats of conventional war or hybrid war. Labour politician assures that the UK faces a threat "more serious, more immediate and more unpredictable than at any time since the Cold War." Starmer says that his country is going to start preparing "for war" i…
UK’s New Defense Strategy Calls Russia ‘Immediate, Pressing Threat’
from Sputnik News: MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK’s new Strategic Defense Review released on Monday has called Russia an “immediate and pressing threat” and pledged to continue supporting Ukraine. Earlier in the day, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed that “Russian aggression” was growing in British waters and skies, as well as cyberspace. The Russian Embassy […]
The strategic defence review means three new approaches for the UK
The UK government’s new strategic defence review has laid out a blueprint aimed at making Britain “secure at home, strong abroad”. The review represents a change in how the government thinks about the UK’s defence amid a rapidly changing geopolitical picture. The Labour government launched the review in July 2024 shortly after taking office, as a first step in reassessing UK armed forces in the face of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Prime Ministe…
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