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UK, France ‘re-announce’ anti-missile technology for Ukraine: ‘None will be online for years’

UK, France ‘re-announce’ anti-missile technology for Ukraine: ‘None will be online for years’
France 24
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A British military expert warns that recent European commitments to Ukraine are merely symbolic gestures, while Kyiv faces a critical air defense crisis against Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Ukraine urgently needs interceptors to counter these threats as winter approaches and Russian attacks on infrastructure intensify.

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Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr. Frank Ledwidge, former military intelligence officer and Senior Lecturer in Strategy at Portsmouth University. According to Dr. Ledwidge, the latest European commitments to Ukraine are merely politically symbolic. He warns that the coalition is failing to address Kyiv's most urgent problem: air defence. Ukraine needs interceptors capable of defeating Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, The war-torn country remains exposed to attacks on its defence industry and Russia’s ruthless campaign against civil energy infrastructure as winter approaches.

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