UK needs to advance defence systems after Iran attack, says former defence minister

  • 5 months ago
UK needs to advance defence systems after Iran attack, says former defence ministerSky News
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00:00There's nothing protecting London, for example, in the same way that Iron Dome operates over
00:06Israel.
00:07That is the most state-of-the-art, that is the best system in the world by some margin.
00:11And certainly as we advance our defense posture, as the world certainly gets more dangerous,
00:16we need to start thinking about how we do protect ourselves as the character of war
00:22starts to change.

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