How would UK defence spending change under Starmer's Labour?
UK election frontrunner Keir Starmer has pledged to raise the country's defence spending to 2.5% of GDP under a Labour government.
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UK election frontrunner Keir Starmer has pledged to raise the country's defence spending to 2.5% of GDP under a Labour government.
UK election frontrunner Keir Starmer has pledged to raise the country's defence spending to 2.5% of GDP under a Labour government.
Earlier this month, the US Navy hunter-killer submarine USS Indiana muscled her way up through the Arctic ice to the snowy surface. The sub was there as part of ICE CAMP 2024, a regular exercise in which the US and its allies establish a temporary presence in the Arctic, pushing back against Russian encroachment.
A new nuclear submarine reactor dismantling facility will enable decommissioned nuclear submarines to be disposed of safely.
It is time to reconsider the plan; the current concept is one of hope over experience and is at severe risk of becoming entangled in the significant difficulties currently being experienced in the UK’s submarine service, together with the limitations of its submarine building and maintenance infrastructure