A preliminary EIR study has concluded that, were the 32 member countries in NATO (however, excluding the United States) to meet the criteria adopted at the June 27 NATO summit held in The Hague, of gradually increasing their defense spending to equal 5% of their annual Gross Domestic Product by 2035, they would spend an immense $11 trillion over the 10 years on defense. This would constitute gigantic, Schachtian military-defense buildup, which, if achieved, would only secondarily be used to “defend” Ukraine, but would principally be used to wage a highly aggressive war in the near future against Russia and China.
The June 27 NATO communiqué stated: “Allies agree that this 5% commitment will comprise two essential categories of defense investment. Allies will allocate at least 3.5% of GDP annually based on the agreed definition of NATO defense expenditure by 2035 to resource core defense requirements, and to meet the NATO Capability Targets…. And Allies will account for up to 1.5% of GDP annually to inter alia protect our critical infrastructure, defend our networks, ensure our civil preparedness and resilience, unleash innovation, and strengthen our defense industrial base.”
This $11 trillion would be used to build hundreds of thousands of conventional bombs, missiles and mortars; tens of millions of drones; thousands of aircraft; it would be employed in the United Kingdom to build its A21/Mk7/Astraea nuclear warhead; for Germany to put a 5,000-man Forty-Fifth Armored Brigade into Lithuania by the end of 2027, which will be stationed 18 miles from the Belarus border, etc. The British designers of this plan will use the Schachtian buildup to bring the world to the verge of nuclear confrontation.
