Israel's Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza.
Britain would be woefully unprepared to stop Russia n missiles and drone swarms from causing mayhem in the UK without 'urgent' investment in new air defences, military chiefs have warned.
Last week's attack on Israel saw the Iranian regime firing more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles at the Jewish state - with 99 per cent of them being intercepted by the country's advanced Iron Dome defence platform. Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system was used to intercept hundreds of drones and missiles fired at the country by Iran
'We have not followed the trend of other European nations and have kept defence spending strong. That spend must keep pace with the challenges and competitors we face. Pictured is how Russia could potentially take advantage of an alleged 'gap' in Britain's air defences, as raised by military experts earlier this month
Closer systems like the Phalanx B weapons platform - which can spew out 3,000 rounds per minute - and th2 30mm cannons can be used to take out jets and drones. While the RAF has Lightning F-35 and supersonic Typhoon jets at its disposable. The warplanes can be armed with advanced short and medium range air-to-air missiles.
Sky Sabre can control 24 missiles simultaneously to intercept 24 targets in flight, as well as shoot down fighter jets, drones and laser-guided bombs. It is so accurate it can hit a tennis ball-sized object travelling at the speed of sound. The ship's systems were recently put to the test in the Middle East, with HMS Diamond's missiles downing a number of suicide drones launched from Yemen by Houthi rebels at merchant ships in the Red Sea.However, defence chiefs have said that although Britain has these air defence assets to hand, its overall system is nowhere near as advanced as Israel's.
One of the latest pieces of air defence kit owned by Britain is the Sky Sabre missile system. Pictured are gunners from 16 Regiment Royal Artillery operating the system Both the navy's fleet of Type 23 frigates and Type 45 destroyers are capable of launching missiles and protecting against aerial threats. Pictured are frigates HMS Lancaster and Argyll with destroyer HMS Dragon, centre
Air defence platforms, mid to long-range missiles and artillery shells remain the most pressing weaponry needed by Ukraine. Sounding the alarm that Vladimir Putin 'will not stop at the Polish border' if his assault on Ukraine is not thwarted, Rishi Sunak also announced £500million in extra military funding and the UK's largest-ever donation of key equipment.
A Phalanx B close-in weapon system on board the Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring is capable of spewing 3,000 rounds a minute at jets and drones 'We urgently need to begin work on an 'Albion Dome' system of our own, to protect the UK against these advanced threats - and the sooner we start work on it, the better.'
Senior UK defence officials have said the UK needs its own 'Iron Dome' to boost its defence following a wake-up call after Iran's attacks on Israel earlier this month 'This feels a more dangerous world than the end of the Cold War. During the Cold War we were spending four per cent of GDP on defence,' he said.'We have spent a lot more of GDP in defence in the past. Spending was dropped down because the world felt a safer place. It doesn't feel like a safer world anymore.'
He warned the country must quickly realise where the world is headed and suggested that spending three per cent of GDP - just over £68billion - on an Iron Dome would be a sensible idea.Sky Sabre is an air defence missile system comprising of three separate components: its radar, its command and control and its missiles
However, MailOnline understands this bid for money was 'rebuffed' by Downing Street, defence sources within Whitehall said. The planes appear to be suffering from GPS jamming and 'spoofing', which interferes with wireless communication systems and uses fake signals to trick pilots into believing the aircraft is in a different location than where they actually are.
Aircraft logs revealed jamming hotspots in the Baltic region, Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean, the newspaper reported.The number of suspected Russian satnav attacks was more than 350 per week last month, researchers claim, a significant increase from the fewer than 50 attacks per week that were recorded last year.
As the name suggests, the intention of such attacks is to 'jam' a network, preventing devices from communicating. Virgin Atlantic, which also does not fly through the region, was the only major UK air carrier not affected by the electronic attacks. Defence official have previously accused Moscow of jamming GPS signals over RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, where aircraft a regularly jammed.In March, Russia was accused of Jamming the satellite signal of RAF aircraft carrying Grant Shapps back from Poland.
Maps plotting where aircraft have experiences GPS jamming show that the exclave appears to be at the centre of many of the incidents. Industry experts are now alleging that Putin's forces are behind the jamming and spoofing attacks. It is believed that 1,368 Wizz Air flights were impacted by satnav issues between August and March
A spokesperson for easyJet told MailOnline: 'There are multiple navigation systems onboard commercial aircraft as well as procedures in place which mitigate against issues with GPS that can occur for various reasons.' PENNY MORDAUNT: Israel taught the world how to stand up to Iranian bullies during a five-hour barrage of 300 drones and missiles with its groundbreaking Iron Dome - and we could look to their example in protecting Britainby PENNY MORDAUNT FOR THE DAILY MAIL
It had stood up to the determined and deluded leadership of its bigger undemocratic bullying neighbour and survived. Israel’s ability to defend itself, and later its targeted and limited response against Iran, showcased its capabilities. Those abilities gave it strategic choice, deterrence and diplomatic capital.
We could look to Israel’s example, but we could also remember our own. It is not just our own freedom we have secured time and again.
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