BRITAIN could not have “coped” with the sort of massive missile blitz that was unleashed on Israel by Iran on Tuesday.
That was the verdict of Israel’s ambassador to the UK yesterday.
Her comments may seem surprising but they are also undoubtedly true.
Britain is not defended by the same world-beating layers of air defence systems as Israel.
We could not have stopped a barrage of 181 ballistic missiles that take as little as 12 minutes from the moment they are launched to the point they obliterate targets.
We do not have an Iron Dome or David’s Sling, although they were not what saved Israel on Tuesday.
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