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Britain getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to Trump

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The U.K. will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines and create an army ready to fight a war in Europe .

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain "cannot ignore the threat that Russia poses" The government is to respond to a strategic defense review commissioned by Starmer and led by George Robertson .

It's the first such review since 2021 , and lands in a world shaken by Russia 's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 .