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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh, Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker

UK to invest £2bn in drones to make army ‘10 times more lethal’

Keir Starmer is shown a new autonomous drone=
Keir Starmer is shown a new autonomous drone, the StormShroud, during a visit to a defence contractor in Bedfordshire last month. The prime minister said defence was the nation’s top priority. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Britain will spend an extra £2bn on drones and seek to introduce weapons and tactics developed during the war in Ukraine under a strategic defence review unveiled by the government.

The plan will prioritise cheap one-way attack craft and more expensive reusable systems, as well as the creation of a drone centre to share knowledge and better coordinate across the armed forces.

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