Ukraine Invasion Prompting European Defense Spending Hikes

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Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has pledged to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP.
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Sweden has joined the growing list of European countries set to hike defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden’s government announced it would raise spending on defense to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) and that budgets would be allocated “as soon as it is practically...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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