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Nato set to agree big spike in defence spending at 'historic summit'

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Nato set to agree big spike in defence spending at 'historic summit'Nato leaders are meeting in The Hague to decide on ramping up defence spending to 5% of their countries' economic output.
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NATO agrees to 5% higher defence spending target ahead key summit at The Hague This week, allies are expected to commit to spending around 3.5 percent of GDP on "hard defence" that will include weapons and troops and an additional 1.5 percent on defence-related investments such as cybersecurity...

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