Mark Rutte, head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said that NATO member states should increase their air and missile defense capabilities by 400 percent. Mark, who is on a visit to Britain, said that this should also be done to deal with the threat from Russia.

He said that in order to deal with the increasing instability and security challenges, the member states should collectively take a qualitative leap in the defense system. During the visit, he is scheduled to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. 

He said these things before the NATO summit in the Netherlands this month. In this conference, 32 NATO member countries are expected to make a commitment to increase military spending. 

US President Donald Trump told NATO member countries  They are pushing for an increase in the military budget. He is commenting that European countries are getting security from the US without investing enough. After the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, some NATO member countries have increased their defense budgets, while others have been trying to strengthen their defense capabilities.

Prime Minister Starmer has pledged to increase UK defense spending to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027 and to 3 percent by 2034.  Root proposed a target of 3.5 percent of economic output for defense spending and an additional 1.5 percent for defense-related expenditures such as roads, bridges, airfields and seaports.

Root told the NATO member states during his speech at Chatham House that thousands more armored vehicles, millions of artillery shells and a 400 percent increase in air and missile defense are necessary than the current level, saying, 'We are seeing in Ukraine how Russia is creating terror. That's why we have to make a strong alliance so that we can protect our skies.'