The UK is now officially a military industrial park with a few museums on the side.
https://www.rt.com/news/630075-uk-arms-sales-record/
> The UK exported more weapons in 2025 than in any other year since the government began collecting such data in 1983, the British Defense Ministry has announced.
> London secured £20 billion ($27 billion) in arms sales to foreign countries this year, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
> Much of the business generated by the British defense industry comes in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In fact, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in November called UK defense firms the “locomotives” of national industry, stating that profits from the conflict are “basically saving the British economy from bankruptcy,” thus explaining why London is uninterested in a peaceful settlement.
> Half of the sum earned through UK’s defense exports in 2025 came from a £10 billion ($13.5 billion) deal with Norway to supply at least five Type 26 frigates, according to the statement.
> The UK’s minister for defense readiness and industry, Luke Pollard, said that the deal with Norway means the UK is contributing to “better equipping our combined navies to counter the threat from Russia in the North Atlantic.”
> According to the ministry, the UK also agreed “the largest fighter jet deal in a generation,” selling 20 Typhoon aircraft to Türkiye for £8 billion ($10.8 billion) to “strengthen NATO’s southern flank.”
