The UK Is Completely 'Defenceless' Against Russian Spy Drones | Dominic Hauschild

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“The UK has zero - literally zero - air and missile defence technology based here ... We're sort of defenceless against these drones.” Following reports that Russian shadow fleet tankers launched spy drones over British military bases in 2024, new information reveals that the UK lacks the appropriate defences to stop them, says The Sunday Times’s defence correspondent, Dominic Hauschild. Dominic Hauschild and Andrei Soldatov were speaking to Calum Macdonald in for John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, from 4-7pm Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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