MANCHESTER, England - Britain will build at least six new factories producing weapons and explosives as part of a major review of its defense capabilities, the government said on Saturday.

The 1.5 billion-pound ($2.0 billion) investment will be included in the Strategic Defense Review (SDR), a 10-year plan for military equipment and services. The SDR is expected to be published on Monday.

The Ministry of Defense added that it planned to procure up to 7,000 long-range weapons built in Britain. Together, the measures announced on Saturday will create around 1,800 jobs, the ministry said.

"We are strengthening the UK's industrial base to better deter our adversaries and make the UK secure at home and strong abroad," Defense Secretary John Healey said in a statement.

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The extra investment will mean Britain will spend around 6 billion pounds on munitions in the current parliament, the ministry said.

Earlier on Saturday, the ministry said it would spend an extra 1.5 billion pounds to tackle the poor state of housing for the country's armed forces.