NATO, quantum leap
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance needs to urgently step up its weapons production.
Rutte declared that if military spending did not increase to “the 5 percent, including the 3.5 percent core defence spending, you could still have the National Health Service… but you had better learn to speak Russian.
NATO members lack enough air and missile defenses to counter potential threats from Russia, the leader of the trans-Atlantic military alliance said.
Washington’s European allies must make a “quantum leap” in military spending to deter Russia, the head of NATO is expected to say Monday, calling for a 400% increase in the continent’s air and missile defense budget.