Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned the United Kingdom must be prepared to confront and defeat hostile states with modern military capabilities, as his government unveils a 1.5-billion-pound plan to build at least six new weapons and explosives factories. Starmer says they are being directly threatened by states with advanced military forces, so we must be ready to fight and win. He added that they will restore Britain’s war-fighting readiness as the central purpose of our armed forces.” European nations have rushed to strengthen their armed forces in recent months, following Trump’s comments that Europe must shoulder more responsibility for its security.

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