Starmer Plans Sweeping Overhaul of Nukes, Military

Prime Minister Keir Starmer outlined a sweeping overhaul of the British military, including a costly expansion of the country's nuclear deterrent, but declined to specify when the UK would meet a key target of spending 3% of national output on defense.

- Bloomberg

The UK will move to a position of "war-fighting readiness" in response to growing threats and greater instability in the world, Starmer said, as his government announced plans to invest £15 billion ($20 billion) in its nuclear warhead program and to build as many as 12 submarines as part of the AUKUS partnership it operates with the US and Australia.