UK Tories unveil £10bn 'Britannia Shield' missile defense plan

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch announced that the party's previously pledged extra defence spending would fund a £10bn 'Britannia Shield' comprising radar, command, and interceptor missile systems to protect UK infrastructure. The proposal expands Tory defence policy ahead of the next election, though details on procurement timelines and capability gaps remain unspecified. This signals a shift in UK defence posture rhetoric, potentially influencing NATO burden-sharing debates.