Badenoch calls for UK ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence system - UK politics live
Kemi Badenoch is doing a round of interviews this morning at the Conservative conference, and she will be talking about her plans for the UK to have its own version of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system. The world will not wait for Britain to get ready. Missiles and drones are transforming warfare in the Middle East.
- ▪Kemi Badenoch is doing a round of interviews this morning at the Conservative conference, and she will be talking about her plans for the UK to have its own version of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system.
- ▪The world will not wait for Britain to get ready.
- ▪Missiles and drones are transforming warfare in the Middle East.
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| Publication time | Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:19:35 GMT |
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5m ago02.19 EDTGood morning. Kemi Badenoch is doing a round of interviews this morning at the Conservative conference, and she will be talking about her plans for the UK to have its own version of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system. That phrase is not just journalists’ hype; it has come from the first line of the party’s press release, which says the party has plans for a “new integrated air and missile defence system to protect Britain from attack – in essence, a British ‘Iron Dome’.”Here is our story by Jessica Elgot and Dan Sabbagh.Conservatives propose £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ inspired by Israel’s Iron DomeRead moreAnd this is what Badenoch is saying about it. double quotation markThe first duty of government is to defend the country and keep people safe.
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