{"id":37083,"date":"2021-10-06T18:02:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/06\/expansion-into-the-pacific-must-come-with-more-defense-funds-says-british-lawmaker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:00:04","slug":"expansion-into-the-pacific-must-come-with-more-defense-funds-says-british-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2021\/10\/06\/expansion-into-the-pacific-must-come-with-more-defense-funds-says-british-lawmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion into the Pacific must come with more defense funds, says British lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WARSAW, Poland \u2014 The United Kingdom\u2019s involvement in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/09\/15\/new-pact-with-the-us-and-uk-is-set-to-sink-australias-historic-submarine-buy-from-france\/\" target=\"_blank\">new trilateral deal<\/a> involving the U.S. and Australia indicates the British government\u2019s rising concern over Chinese activities in the Pacific and how they could harm freedom of navigation at sea. However, the chairman of a parliamentary defense panel insists London is not losing sight of its own backyard in Europe, and therefore should increase defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t have the luxury to work independently given the challenges we all face,\u201d Tobias Ellwood told Defense News during the second day of the Warsaw Security Forum, an event organized by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the AUKUS framework, announced Sept. 15, the U.S. and U.K. will aid Australia in building a nuclear-powered submarine fleet, among other emerging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBritain is only spending 2 percent of its [gross domestic product] on defense. But the threats ahead are collectively greater than the ones from the Cold War when we were spending 4 percent,\u201d Ellwood said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that, with these emerging threats in mind, London is intensifying efforts to boost its space and cyber capacities. \u201cThe cyber and space capacities are dealt with, and money has already gone there,\u201d Ellwood said. \u201cBut we also need a bigger Navy, and we are investing in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, more funds are also required to expand the U.K.\u2019s capabilities in other fields amid cuts to some programs. 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