UK can defend London from Iran missile attack, minister says (www.standard.co.uk)

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[-] biscuit@lemdro.id 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, we can. The UK doesn't have much of a land-based interceptor system but we have subs and very competent early warning systems in place. We've also got a dozen of NATO countries between us and Iran, and NATO isn't just going to allow those interceptors to fly past if they can stop it.

There's also zero evidence that Iran can shoot London. It's just FUD by Israel to try to pull us into this shitshow of a war. Don't feed it.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

and NATO isn’t just going to allow those interceptors to fly past if they can stop it.

Iran's current strategy of bombardment isn't in superior tech, it's in the volume of drones it can cheaply deploy en masse to overwhelm defences, whilst we drain our resources with our much more expensive defensive equipment

I know what you mean about having other NATO countries in between to whittle 1000 down to 1, but safest countries tend to be at the apex of the parabola, and not at the intercept

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[-] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, how long did it take you to make that diagram?
Very nice.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Iran's got some pretty high tech booster tech in their top-end missiles which change the missile trajectory at the terminal stage to dodge interceptors.

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not that I'm entirely convinced Iran could hit London, but the current defences couldn't intercept a hypersonic

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