Hegseth unveils $1.5 trillion defence push, cites Iran nuclear threat

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Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is set to make a “generational investment of $1. 5 trillion on defence this year” as part of what he described as an “historic national manufacturing mobilisation of its defence industrial base”.

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