{"id":309621,"date":"2025-06-01T07:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T07:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=309621"},"modified":"2025-06-03T06:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:37:40","slug":"britain-to-be-war-ready-with-1-5bn-for-new-bomb-factories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=309621","title":{"rendered":"Britain to be \u2018war-ready\u2019 with \u00a31.5bn for new bomb factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nick Gutteridge \u2013 The Telegraph June 1, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_309624\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309624\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-full wp-image-309624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Defence-Secretary-John-Healey-inspects-a-Storm-Shadow-cruise-missile-in-a-weapons-plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Defence-Secretary-John-Healey-inspects-a-Storm-Shadow-cruise-missile-in-a-weapons-plant.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Defence-Secretary-John-Healey-inspects-a-Storm-Shadow-cruise-missile-in-a-weapons-plant-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defence Secretary John Healey inspects a Storm Shadow cruise missile being assembled in a weapons plant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Britain will move to a constant state of readiness for war by building six new bomb factories, the Defence Secretary will announce this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/john-healey\/\">John Healey<\/a> will on Monday unveil plans to spend \u00a31.5 billion on massively ramping up Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/04\/21\/britain-will-make-more-explosives-to-sidestep-us\/\">production of artillery shells and explosives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will also commit to buying 7,000 long-range weapons after military bosses warned that the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/02\/14\/military-army-defence-spending-ukraine-russia-donald-trump\/\">no longer has has an effective fighting force<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement will be made as ministers publish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/05\/31\/warfare-is-changing-by-the-day-but-britain-is-still-decades\/\">Strategic Defence Review<\/a> which will set out the future of the Army, Navy and Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key measures being taken will be the switch to an \u201calways on\u201d approach to munitions supply so Britain is constantly ready for war.<\/p>\n<p>At least six weapons factories will be built across the country with the capacity to massively ramp up production should a conflict break out<\/p>\n<p>Ministers have drawn lessons from the war in Ukraine which has seen both sides expend huge numbers of artillery shells, rockets and drones.<\/p>\n<p>Britain has significantly depleted its own stockpile of weapons by donating missiles, air defence systems, artillery shells and tanks to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Last year ministers warned that the regular Army could be wiped out in as little as six months should the UK be dragged into a major conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Healey said: \u201cThe hard-fought lessons from Putin\u2019s illegal invasion of Ukraine show a military is only as strong as the industry that stands behind them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2025\/05\/31\/john-healey-war-readiness-bomb-factories-artillery-shells\/\">Continues \u2026\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Poland and Germany Britain has now embarked on a major rearmament campaign. 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