Britain 'uncovered' to Russian missile assaults, warns former air marshal: Report | World News

Britain wants air defences amid Russia's Ukraine invasion as it's “totally uncovered” to assaults by long-range Russian missiles, a former Air Marshal warned, in keeping with a report.

Edward Stringer, former commander of the UK's defence academy, advised UK's Telegraph that Britain's army was restricted with what it may do with out a long-range air-defence system.

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“UK defence has a lot to study from the Ukraine Warfare, and the way during which a rustic with a defence funds one tenth of our personal constructed a defence that held off the military of an assumed superpower," he stated.

“This requires us to rethink our strategy to nuclear weapons and we should take into account our response accordingly," he added.

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The one solution to shield London from a missile assault could be to station a Kind 45 destroyer within the Thames, stocked with Sea Viper missiles, he stated.

He additionally stated that the warfare in Ukraine has reminded the West that “nuclear weapons didn't disappear on the finish of the Chilly Warfare, and that nuclear powers don't simply maintain these weapons as an act of deterrence”.