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British defense minister resigns over funding shortfall day before U.S. official urges UK to increase military strength
Elbridge Colby called for greater U.K. military investment the day after John Healey quit over funding shortfalls. The move follows U.S. pressure on NATO allies to increase defense spending.
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Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby posted on social media Friday morning urging the United Kingdom to increase its military strength one day after British Defense Secretary John Healey resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government. K. and Canadian forces for their “courage, tenacity, dedication, daring, and loyalty” at Langrune-sur-Mer.
Healey resigned Thursday, citing the government’s defense industrial plan. ” President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have repeatedly pressed European allies to shoulder more of their own defense. The administration secured NATO agreement last year to raise the alliance’s minimum defense-spending requirement.
U.S. troop reductions at a NATO headquarters meeting in Brussels on May 22. U.S. European Command Commander Gen. Alexus G. U.S. The United States plans to cut F-16 and F-15E fighter jets in Europe from about 150 to 100, reduce maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15, eliminate all eight aerial refueling tankers previously stationed there, and reallocate a missile-launching submarine, an aircraft carrier, and several warships and jets, according to the New York Times.
