Europe’s deterrence push: German and British chiefs urge faster rearmament
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Germany’s defense chief Gen. Carsten Breuer and the UK’s Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton publish a joint call for intensified European defense spending and a whole-of-society deterrence approach against a broader Russia, noting NATO’s 5% of GDP target by 2035 while Britain moves to deploy a carrier strike group and Germany repositions troops near its eastern border, even as public appetite for higher taxes remains mixed.
- Two top European commanders warn ‘hard choices’ needed from public on arms spending to deter Russia CNN
- As defence chiefs, we must warn you about Russia and say this: rearmament is not warmongering The Guardian
- German and UK military chiefs state case for rearming DW.com
- European armies ‘need more manpower to stop Russia’ The Times
- Rubio Courted by Fico and Orbán. British and German Generals Call to Rearm Visegrad Insight
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