LONDON: NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400 percent to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the military alliance said Monday, warning that Moscow could be ready to attack it within five years.Secretary-General Mark Rutte said during a visit to London that he expects the 32 NATO members to agree to a big hike in military spending at a summit in the Netherlands this month.Speaking at the Chatham House think tank, Rutte said Russia is outpacing the far bigger NATO in producing ammunition, and the alliance must take a “quantum leap” in collective defense.“Wi

“Il 5% non è una cifra inventata ma basata sui fatti”

BRUSSELS, Belgium: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday was due to urge a “400-percent increase” in the transatlantic alliance’s air and missile defense capacities in…

‘We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above, so we will strengthen the shield that protects our skies,’ says Mark Rutte.

NATO head Mark Rutte will on Monday call for a 'quantum leap' in defence capacities including a '400-percent increase' in air and missile defence which 'protects' the alliance…

La Nato deve "aumentare del 400%" la sua capacità di difesa aerea e missilistica in risposta alla minaccia russa. (ANSA)

La Nato deve "aumentare del 400%" la sua capacità di difesa aerea e missilistica in risposta alla minaccia russa. (ANSA)

Mark Rutte to call for dramatic increase in military spending as threat from Russia ‘will not disappear even when war in Ukraine ends’

La Nato deve "aumentare del 400%" la sua capacità di difesa aerea e missilistica in risposta alla minaccia russa. (ANSA)

La Nato deve "aumentare del 400%" la sua capacità di difesa aerea e missilistica in risposta alla minaccia russa. (ANSA)

The head of Nato will today announce that the military alliance needs to increase air and missile defence spending by 400 per cent.

NATO allies are expected to be asked to pump up their defense spending when the organization's Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks in London Monday.

LONDON: NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400 percent to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the military alliance said Monday, warning that…

The NATO general secretary has called for a 400% increase in air and missile defence spending, claiming member states will need to “start learning Russian” otherwise. Mark Rutte…

“Learn to speak Russian,” the secretary-general of the alliance warned nations unwilling to make politically unpopular budget decisions.

Nato chief Mark Rutte wants members to agree to plan at summit later this month but UK remains cautious

ROME: NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday he was “pretty confident” of getting a deal on boosting defense spending at a summit later this month, as he met European allies in Rome.…