NATO needs 400% increase in air and missile defense — Rutte
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday, June 9, while in London the military alliance needs a 400% increase in air and missile defense, one of the priorities for a summit of members in the Hague later this month.
Rutte is pushing for members to boost defense spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending to meet US President Donald Trump's demand for a 5% target. Last month, he said he assumed that the target would be agreed at the summit on June 24-25.
Rutte said in a speech at London's Chatham House think tank that for NATO to maintain credible deterrence and defense, it needs "a 400% increase in air and missile defense.”
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday, June 9, while in London the military alliance needs a 400% increase in air and missile defense, one of the priorities for a summit of members in the Hague later this month.
Rutte is pushing for members to boost defense spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending to meet US President Donald Trump's demand for a 5% target. Last month, he said he assumed that the target would be agreed at the summit on June 24-25.
Rutte said in a speech at London's Chatham House think tank that for NATO to maintain credible deterrence and defense, it needs "a 400% increase in air and missile defense.”
UK POOL / REUTERS
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00:00Secretary-General, a very warm welcome.
00:103.5% will be invested in our core military requirements,
00:15while the rest will go towards defence and security-related investments,
00:20including infrastructure and building industrial capacity.
00:255% is not some figure plucked from the air.
00:29It's grounded in hard facts.
00:32The fact is, we need a quantum leap in our collective defence.
00:37The fact is, we must have more forces and capabilities
00:41to implement our defence plans in full.
00:45The fact is, danger will not disappear, even when the war in Ukraine ends.
00:52NATO defence ministers agreed, ambitious new targets.
00:57The exact details are classified, but we need a 400% increase in air and missile defence.
01:05We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above.
01:08So we will strengthen the shield that protects our skies.
01:13Our militaries also need thousands more armoured vehicles and tanks,
01:18millions more artillery shells.
01:20And we must double our enabling capabilities,
01:23such as logistics, supply, transportation and medical support.