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.”
UK POOL / REUTERS
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