英国已设定将国防开支提高至GDP的3%的目标日期，与此同时，财政大臣宣布向乌克兰提供数十亿英镑援助，称这是“向莫斯科发出的明确信号”。
The U.K. has set out a target date for defense spending to rise to 3% of GDP, as the finance minister announced billions in aid for Ukraine in a "clear message to Moscow".
约翰·希利周三将3%这一数字的目标日期定在2030年，同时重申英国对北约的承诺，即在2035年前达到3.5%。希利曾在上一届政府中因开支不足而辞去国防大臣一职，此次他公布了作为财政大臣的首份年度预算，并强调“威胁的新时代”。
John Healey on Wednesday set a target date of 2030 for the 3% figure, while reaffirming its NATO commitment to reach 3.5% by 2035 Healey, who resigned as defense minister under the previous government over insufficient spending, presented his first annual budget as finance minister and highlighted a "new era of threat".
“今天我们向莫斯科发出明确信号：英国将无论需要多久都支持乌克兰，”他在宣布追加100亿英镑（133亿美元）的经济和军事支持时表示，这些支持以贷款、出口融资担保为基础，此外还包括今年冬季5亿英镑的紧急军事资金。
"Today we send a clear message to Moscow: Britain will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes," he said as he announced an additional £10 billion ($13.3 billion) in economic and military support, based on loans, export finance guarantees, as well as £500 million in urgent military funding for this winter.
希利对议员表示，政府将在明年的开支审查中公布如何实现国防开支目标的细节。
The government will set out the details of how it will meet its defense spending targets at the spending review next year, Healey told lawmakers.
“在我们展望开支审查之际，我们从一个有实力的位置出发，开支已处于更高的基数上，我们将不得不就优先事项做出选择，”他说。
"As we look ahead to the spending review, we start from a position of strength, with spending at that higher base, there will be choices we have to make about priorities," he said.
“今天，我正在推动以财政上可持续的方式实现这一目标，”希利在公共财政紧张、借贷成本上升的背景下表示。
"Today, I'm getting work underway to get there in a fiscally sustainable way," Healey said against the backdrop of strained public finances and increasing borrowing costs.
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More defense news‘Project Firepower’: Inside Rheinmetall’s gunpowder expansion as Europe races to replenish its ammunition Europe’s defense boom faces a new test: Can it actually deliver weapons?
乌克兰的无人机战术正在俄罗斯境内造成严重破坏，并正在颠覆北约希望投资的方向 坦克制造商KNDS因防务市场低迷推迟IPO 防务股因德国拟削减军舰报道暴跌；莱茵金属股价下跌18% 欧洲为何突然大举押注无人机 希利还表示，国家财富基金和英国商业银行将在未来四年内向国防、两用技术及其他支持国家安全的领域投入最多50亿英镑，以加强英国国防工业基础、支持国内供应链并吸引私人投资。
Ukraine’s drone playbook is wreaking havoc in Russia — and upending where NATO wants to invest Tank maker KNDS postpones IPO amid market struggles for defense Defense stocks plummet on reports Germany is scrapping warships; Rheinmetall stock down 18% Why Europe is suddenly betting big on drones Healey also said the National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank will deploy up to £5 billion over the next four years into defence, dual-use technologies and other sectors supporting national security to strengthen the UK defense industrial base, support domestic supply chains and attract private investment.
投资与交易平台IG英国首席市场分析师克里斯·博尚表示，希利的声明缺乏细节，但“看起来国防将获得希利在担任国防大臣时所说的所需资金”。他补充说：“具体路径将在明年明确，但罗尔斯·罗伊斯等公司的支出盛宴似乎仍在路上。只是可能还需要一段时间才能到来。”
Chris Beauchamp, chief UK market analyst at investing and trading platform IG, said Healey's announcement lacked detail but "it looks like defence will get the money Healey said was needed when he was defence secretary." "The precise path will come through next year, but it seems like the spending bonanza for Rolls-Royce and others is still on the way. It just might take a little while to arrive," he added.
希利还宣布，罗尔斯·罗伊斯将与英国政府合作开发其下一代涡轮发动机技术，投资价值25亿英镑。
Healey also announced that Rolls-Royce will develop its next-generation turbine engine technology in partnership with the U.K. government, in an investment worth £2.5 billion.