See how much NATO countries spend on defense and how that has changed
As NATO's yearly summit concluded in The Hague on Wednesday, alliance leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5 percent of national income across member countries by 2035. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte heralded the hike as a 'quantum leap' for collective defense, expected to strengthen alliance members' ability to invest in new military hardware, cybersecurity and energy projects.
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