UK boosts air defences with purchase of new missile systems

LONDON, Aug 22 (KUNA) -- Britain's air defences are to be strengthened with the purchase of six new surface-to-air Land Ceptor missile systems, for GBP 118 million (USD 159.6 million), the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday.
The systems will form part of Sky Sabre, a state-of-the-art defence system capable of intercepting cruise missiles, aircraft and drones.
It is hugely accurate, able to hit a tennis-ball sized object travelling twice the speed of sound. The sophisticated system can also simultaneously control the flight of 24 missiles, guiding them each to intercept separate targets at once.
The UK is doubling the number of deployable Sky Sabre systems operated by the Armed Forces in a drive to reinforce our air defences. (end) nbs.gb