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Badenoch disowns comparison of Tory missile defence plans to Israel’s Iron Dome
The Conservative leader said she would invest £10 billion over 10 years on the radar, missiles and technology system.
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The Conservative leader said she would invest £10 billion over 10 years on the radar, missiles and technology system.
The Conservative leader said she would invest £10 billion over 10 years on the radar, missiles and technology system.
On the penultimate day of this year’s Conservative Party Conference, the Tories made a bold new proposal. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has promised to invest in a missile and drone defence system called the 'Britannia Shield’. The system would be worth 10 billion pounds and modelled after the…
The Conservative leader insisted her plans for a ‘Britannia Shield’ missile system were not a gimmick.
The Conservative leader insisted her plans for a ‘Britannia Shield’ missile system were not a gimmick.
Conservative shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) The Conservatives have pledged to build a version of Israel ’s Iron Dome to protect the UK from attacks by missiles and drones. Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge is expected to set out the plans in a…
Party to unveil plans for one of UK’s ‘most significant military programmes since the cold war’ The Conservatives will announce plans to build a £10bn British “Iron Dome” similar to Israel’s air and missile defence system, which the party will christen “Britannia Shield” in an announcement at…