Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked key defense and transport companies to come up with a plan on how to spend the money they’re about to receive as part of Europe’s push to ramp up its military capabilities https://t.co/0HwJEcWTsU ...

I can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. Britain is back on a war footing, but apparently in threadbear shoes. The combat power that the British army can bring to bear is much, much less than it has been able to.It's now its smallest size since the polonic era, losing more people than it's recruiting. Reversing course would require a level of sustained investment that eclipses the timeline of the current prime minister's admi ...