The order is for an unspecified number of new Aster 30 B1 missiles, to enter into service next year. They are to be capable of reaching a target flying at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) with ...

SIR Keir Starmer has “doubled down” on the UK’s support for Ukraine and revealed crucial European plans to help finally stop the war. The Prime Minister announced a whopping £1.6 ...

Utilising existing Ukrainian stockpiles of Soviet designed R-73 air to air missiles, the Gravehawk is a containerised surface to air missile (SAM) system designed and produced within a 12 month ...

These gaps in UK air defence have prompted those contributing ... edge of Europe gives it some advantage against a missile attack over land from Russia – due to the range of such weapons.

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 has been warned that it does not have the ... with NATO allies urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to increase spending on air and missile defence earlier this year as concerns about the ...

Defence insiders called for skills gaps to be addressed as the Government looks to rearm for what Starmer branded a ...