The head of NATO, Mark Rutte, has said that NATO needs to become more 'lethal' - defensively of course - and thanked President Trump for forcing them all to spend more on defence.

Meanwhile President Zelensky claimed that Russia could invade Europe within 100 years, which is very likely to be the case if Ukraine becomes a part of NATO.

To support NATO's defensive nuclear deterrent, the UK's fleet of US F-35 fighters is now to include F-35A variants that are capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, according to Sky News:

The government has long planned to purchase a total of 138 F-35 aircraft, but has so far only acquired around three dozen - seven years since the first jets entered service.

The decision to purchase 12 of the A-variant does not mean extra aircraft.

It just means a diversification in the fleet - something the RAF has long been pushing for - though it's a decision some in the Royal Navy have long pushed back against, believing it would reduce even further the number of the B-version that operate from their carriers.

The new generation of V-bombers (formerly the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan types) will not be based at Boscombe Down airfield in Wiltshire as in the past, because this is now the site of a Home Depot and a Muller yoghurt distribution centre.

This pledge to acquire more F-35 As comes after ... The National Security Strategy, published today, states the UK must prepare for the potential of a "wartime scenario" in the "UK homeland" for the first time in many years.

The Minister for Pensions has announced a new military unit called 'Dad's Army', to be led by Field Marshal Arthur "Stupid Boy" Mainwaring, that will be trained to defend the 'homeland' against incursion by Russian and Iranian military, as they are considered the main threats to the 'homeland'.

Pensioners who agree to learn Russian or Farsi will automatically qualify for the new Winter Fuel payment and get an enhanced electric car subsidy.

The Royal Navy has also been asked to submit plans to prevent invasion of the UK across the English channel as it has so far failed to stop the immigrant invasion from the Son Gat camp in France led not by Russia or Iran but by people traffickers with no military capability.