UK to build 12 new submarines and six new munition factories as part of Strategic Defence Review

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UK to build 12 new submarines and six new munition factories as part of Strategic Defence Review  The British government on Monday endorsed 62 recommendations made in an externally-led Strategic Defence Review.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/02/uk-to-build-12-new-submarines-and-six-new-munition-factories-as-part-of-strategic-defence-  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the UK will build 12 new attack

00:07submarines and six new ammunition factories as part of a strategic defense review. The externally

00:14led review outlined 62 recommendations which the government endorsed in full, including moving the

00:21armed forces into a state of warfighting readiness. I can announce today that we're going to build at

00:28least six new munitions factories in the United Kingdom, generating over a thousand jobs. We will

00:35build thousands of new long-range weapons in the United Kingdom to boost European deterrence,

00:41supporting around 800 more jobs. We will defend our homeland by investing in our air and missile

00:48defense to better protect these islands. We will create a hybrid Royal Navy, blending drones with

00:55warships, submarines and aircraft to patrol the North Atlantic and beyond. As part of the plan,

01:02Starmer said his government was going to invest 15 billion pounds in a sovereign warhead program to

01:08secure the UK's deterrent. The investment should make some way into Britain's goal unveiled earlier

01:14this year to boost defense spending to 2.5 percent of the country's GDP by 2027 and to 3 percent in

01:22the next parliament.

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