• The UK opposition Conservatives propose a £10 billion, decade-long network of radar, command and control, interceptors and counter-drone systems to protect critical infrastructure and military bases.
  • Leader Kemi Badenoch says it is not an Iron Dome copy and would cover Cyprus and the Falklands; Gen. Sir Richard Barrons estimated a comparable system could cost about £80 billion.
  • TWZ says the plan would only proceed if the Conservatives win office, and it leaves a gap against Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles.