NATO Weighs New Weapons, Equipment Targets for Members
- Members will have specific new requirements for weapon systems
- Revised targets could be presented as soon as June summit
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NATO plans to assign new concrete targets for how many more tanks, planes and other weapon systems member countries need to produce, which may require raising the alliance’s defense spending goal to as much as 3% of gross domestic product, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Under the plan, governments would face these higher capability targets, including for ammunition, as soon as next year, said the officials, who asked not to be identified given the talks are private.