Badenoch calls for UK ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence system - UK politics live
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Conservatives plan ‘new integrated air and missile defence system to protect Britain from attack – in essence, a British “Iron Dome”’Q: You are going to cut inheritance tax, aren’t you?Badenoch says everyone knows she would like to do that. She has said that before. Continue read...
He puts it to her that the UK would need a very different missile defence system from Israel. Israel is under threat from short-range missiles, he says.
Badenoch says it is not just missiles that threaten the UK; drones are a threat too.
Q: Would £10bn be enough to pay for it?
Badenoch says it can be done. The £10bn would be spent over 10 years, she says. She says the UK needs to be protected.
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