Deteriorating Security Environment Causes $50 Billion Defence Boost for Western Europe Through 2019, IHS Says - June 16 2016

A deteriorating security situation has caused Western European defence budgets to rise for the first time in six years, according analysis released at the Eurosatory defence and security trade show by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. Approximately $50 billion will be added to Western European defence budgets across the region between 2016 and 2019. [...]