UK Expands Air Defenses as Europe Wakes Up to Missile Gap
Source: MBDA
The UK is bolstering its air defense capabilities with a new contract for missile systems, as European military planners work to map out a post-peace plan for Ukraine that could see its skies protected by western allies.
In a deal worth £118 million ($159 million), the British government will buy six new Land Ceptor systems from multinational European arms maker MBDA over three years, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday in a statement. They comprise so-called anti-air modular missiles capable of hitting a tennis-ball sized object traveling at twice the speed of sound, as well as launchers and support vehicles.