British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced the biggest investment in the defense industry in the past 30 years, by defining the international situation “more dangerous and intensely competitive” than ever since the Cold War period.
The head of the Conservative Government will announce an additional investment of £ 16.5 billion over four years (€ 18.5 billion) on Thursday to the deputies in relation to his electoral program, which is predicted to mean An additional £ 24.1 billion (€ 27 billion) over four years compared to the 2019 budget (£ 38 billion, € 42.5 billion), according to a statement released today.
Boris Johnson, who was isolated after contact with a deputy who tested positive for the new coronavirus, is expected to address parliament by videoconference, similar to what happened today during the weekly question session.
In this way, the country should reinforce the position of the United Kingdom as a country in Europe with more expenditure in the area of Defense, and the second among NATO member states, after the United States.
“I made this decision in the midst of a pandemic crisis” again with a coronavirus “because Kingdom Defense must be above all,” said Boris Johnson, quoted in the statement.
“The international situation is more dangerous and intensely competitive than ever since the Cold War and the United Kingdom must be faithful to its history and remain at the side of its allies”, he added, underlining the occasion for the country to “the era of resignation, “to” strengthen its influence in the world “,” to be a pioneer in new technologies and to defend our country and our way of life “.
According to Downing Street, this commitment will allow the UK to “invest in cutting-edge technologies” and when the Prime Minister is also preparing to announce “a new agency dedicated to artificial intelligence”, the creation of a force against computer attacks and a “ new space command capable of launching our first rocket in 2022 ”.
The set of projects should allow the creation of up to 10,000 jobs per year, said Boris Johnson.
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