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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament

The British defence secretary, John Healey, visits British personnel at the Tapa military base in Estonia in December 2024.
The British defence secretary, John Healey, visits British personnel at the Tapa military base in Estonia in December 2024. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Britain and Germany’s highest ranking military leaders have made an unprecedented joint appeal to the public to accept the “moral” case for rearmament and prepare for the threat of war with Russia.

The pair said they were making the plea not just as the military leaders of two of Europe’s largest military spenders, but “as voices for a Europe that must now confront uncomfortable truths about its security”.

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