UK spends $254 million on long-range Precision Strike Missile programme
The project brings together 12 allies and £37 billion in funding to develop missiles that can strike targets up to 2,000 km away, officials said.
- On Tuesday at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, the alliance launched the Ground-Based Precision Strike Capabilities High Visibility Project to develop novel deep precision strike launchers and missiles.
- The initiative, dubbed "Deep Precision Strike Collision," aims to reduce reliance on the United States for weapons following the cancellation of the Joe Biden-era plan to deploy Tomahawk missiles in Germany.
- Leading development efforts, the United Kingdom and Germany plan to create missiles with a range of 1,000 to 3,000 km, designed to destroy adversary bombers or military production facilities with pinpoint accuracy.
- Nine allies, including Canada and Sweden, launched the "Generic NATO Indirect Fire Round" project to standardize 155mm ammunition, ensuring interoperability across allied artillery systems that often use incompatible designs.
- British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer aims to build a "more European Nato than ever before," though replacing withdrawn American assets will take years of development and fielding capabilities.
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Keir Starmer in Ankara as NATO announces £37bn missile deal
UK PM Keir Starmer was in Ankara on 7 July for a fraught NATO conference as the alliance announced a new £37bn missile deal. The major militarist project, known as Deep Precision Strike, is meant to protect Europe. The Turkey summit will be the outgoing Starmer’s last NATO conference. Anadolu Agency reported: The two-day meeting […] By Joe Glenton
The United Kingdom announced this Wednesday at the NATO summit an initiative with eleven other European countries to invest $50 billion (€42.7 billion) over the next decade in long-range precision attack capabilities aimed at strengthening allied defense.
Europe Unveils $50 Billion Long-Range Missile Initiative as NATO Pushes for Stronger Deterrence
A coalition of 12 European countries will spend $50 billion over the next 10 years on a new long-range missile system with precision strike capability to expand NATO’s deterrence in Europe, as allies accelerate efforts to strengthen the alliance’s military capabilities and assume a greater share of collective defense. The announcement of the new system—dubbed Deep Precision Strike—was made by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office on July …
UK commits £1.4 billion to Stratus missile program
The United Kingdom will invest £1.4 billion ($1.9 billion) over the next four years in Stratus, the Franco-British-Italian successor to the Storm Shadow cruise missile, the UK government announced on July 8, 2026. The funding was confirmed as Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched a UK-led European deep precision strike initiative at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, under which around a dozen European countries are expected to commit more than …
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HDThe UK will lead a European coalition to develop the next generation of long-range missiles, according to the British government.
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