NATO’s Rutte Urges Allies to Jointly Ramp Up Defense Production

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged allies to jointly ramp up defense-industry production to increase the alliance’s deterrence, adding that it will be a key subject at the July summit in Ankara.

“Keeping one billion people safe across Europe and North America is not a job for NATO and allied militaries alone,” Rutte said Wednesday during a visit to Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS, Turkey’s largest state-run defense contractor. “Our industry has a responsibility here too.”