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Just like a press release from the Westminster bubble talking heads...no analysis of this bollox but then, it's written by the BBC's defence correspondent, Jonathan Squealy Bealey, so what do you expect?

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UK to spend £1.5bn on six new weapons factories

The government will spend £1.5bn on at least six new munitions and explosives factories to "better deter our adversaries", Defence Secretary John Healey has said.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said about 1,800 new jobs would be created and the government would support the procurement of up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons.

The announcement is part of the government's strategic defence review (SDR), which is due to be published on Monday.

The Conservatives said they welcomed investment in new munitions but shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge called for "greater ambition for the pace and scale of rearmament our armed forces require".

The war in Ukraine has highlighted serious deficiencies in the West's ability to produce weapons and munitions, and senior British military officers have long warned about the UK's depleted stockpiles...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69vqpp2l4o