The UK currently relies on six Type 45 destroyer warships for its air defence, but there are no land-based missile defence systems in the UK, exposing critical national infrastructure such as ...

Despite the UK government announcing the successful firing trials of the SPEAR 3 cruise missile, a system that will provide a next-generation land-attack capability to Royal Navy and Royal Air ...

They said the UK lacked ... The land-based Sky Sabre batteries which can detect threats up to 75 miles away using radar; the ‘battle-winning’ Starstreak short-range air defence missile which ...

The UK is believed to have allowed its Storm Shadow missiles to be ... The UK has a strong air defence strategy, however there are fears the country lacks land-based systems to defend London ...