Britain has no means of preventing either a rogue missile attack on the country or the sabotage of vital underwater sea cables, Labour has warned, as the party pledged to launch an urgent review of Britain’s defence capabilities in government.
In an article for The Times below, John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, said that recent conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East should be a “wake up” call to ministers after years of underinvestment in the area.
The UK does not currently have any land-based air defences to protect critical infrastructure or population centres from attack by medium-range and long-range ballistic missiles.
The threat has always been considered minimal since the Cold War, with more pressing demands on other aspects of the defence
