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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Why Nato has raised the voices of doom to a scream

Nato chief Mark Rutte has called for a 400 per cent boost to air and missile capabilities – and his demand to raise defence spending across the alliance to 5 per cent has raised the voices of doom to a scream.

A return to Cold War levels of defence spending is not, however, a hysterical plea from a lackey of the military-industrial complex.

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