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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

UK given stark warning over ‘negligible’ air defence systems

An F-35 Lightning jet on the deck of an aircraft carrier
The MoD relies on RAF Lightning jets (pictured) and Typhoons to take out rogue aircraft. Photograph: LPhot Kyle Heller/MoD Crown Copyright/PA

Britain’s air defence systems are “very limited, to the point of being negligible”, a key defence contractor has claimed, as the Ministry of Defence warned of the gravest risk of attack from the skies in 30 years.

Northrop Grumman UK, a leading provider of defence technology to the RAF and Royal Navy, offered its assessment in response to questioning by a parliamentary committee examining lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine.

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