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<p>Our Armed Forces are always ready to protect and defend the UK and we continue
to meet all operational commitments, including participating in every single NATO
mission.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Command Paper 23 sets out our plan to deliver a
credible warfighting force, generated and employed to protect the nation and help
it prosper now and in the years to come. This plan will deliver the biggest transformation
and strengthening of our national defence since the Cold War.</p><p> </p><p>To support
this, defence spending will increase to £87 billion a year by the end of the decade.
As part of this, we're investing £10 billion in munitions production to ensure we
have rapid production capacity and stockpiles of next generation munitions.</p>
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