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The UK isn’t prepared for a missile strike | This Is Why
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21:37Now PlayingIran tried to target the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia last week- more than 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean.
That attack failed, but it led an Israeli military spokesperson to suggest London could be vulnerable to an Iranian ballistic missile strike.
With Sir Keir Starmer now allowing the use of British air bases for US operations against attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, is Iran capable of direct retaliation against the UK?
What is the state of Britain’s air defences? And what other means does Tehran have at its disposal to threaten us?
Niall speaks to Sky’s defence analyst, Professor Michael Clarke.
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