Sentence examples for spend on defence from inspiring English sources

The government notes, however, that better-protected transport vehicles and other things are being rushed in separately using the Treasury's reserve funds; the force in Afghanistan is now the best-equipped that Britain has fielded (though it still trains with old kit).How much should Britain spend on defence?

"You spend, I think, five times as much subsidising the waste of gas as most European countries spend on defence.

Yet we contrive to spend on police less than a quarter of what we spend on defence.

Nevertheless, he said the government was committed to the principle that "every dollar we spend on defence procurement as far as possible should be spent in Australia".

Mr Harrison says: "What you spend on defence really should be a function of your security needs, what you think the threat environment is and what you think you need to protect the country.

He said the so-called "soft power" influence of the World Service meant for a "relatively small amount of money, compared to what we spend on defence and foreign policy, we could make a very big difference.

2% of national income to be spent on defence.

First, no matter much America spends on defence, strategic choices must be made.

No matter how much money is spent on defence, tough choices must be made.

Lib Dems Two per cent of national income would be spent on defence and a defence review would be held.

On one measure, America spends a staggering 40% of all the money the world spends on defence.