Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte urged the UK government to hike its defence spending budget in a speech delivered in London on Monday. Speaking in Chatham House, Mr Rutte said: "We need a quantum leap in our collective defence. We must have more forces and capabilities to implement our defence plans in full." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The fact is, we need a quantum leap in our collective defence.
00:05The fact is, we must have more forces and capabilities to implement our defence plans in full.
00:13The fact is, danger will not disappear, even when the war in Ukraine ends.
00:20Our decisions on defence spending are driven by NATO's battle plans and capability targets.
00:26They define what forces and capabilities allies need to provide.
00:32And last week, NATO defence ministers agreed, ambitious, new targets.
00:38The exact details are classified, but we need a 400% increase in air and missile defence.
00:46We see in Ukraine how Russia delivers terror from above.
00:50So we will strengthen the shield that protects our skies.