Tories vow to build £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ — what you need to know

• Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch has announced plans for a £10bn national missile and drone defence system called Britannia Shield.
• Modelled on Israel's Iron Dome, the integrated network would protect the UK, its sovereign territories, and overseas bases.
• The Conservatives aim to have the system operational within five years if elected at the next general election.
• The plan would be funded by raising defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2030 through welfare and benefit reforms.
• The proposal addresses warnings that Britain currently lacks adequate land-based air defences, relying primarily on six ageing destroyers.

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Kemi Badenoch vows to build £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ to fend off missile attacks