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The United Kingdom has announced that it will spend more than GBP 400 million (EUR 460 million) this year on the development of new long-range and hypersonic missiles in partnership with European allies, UATV English<\/a> informs.<\/p>\n

This was reported by\u00a0Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is noted that one of the projects, carried out jointly with France and Italy, aims to create a replacement for the Storm Shadow cruise missile \u2013 a weapons system that the United Kingdom supplied to Ukraine and which has been repeatedly used by Ukrainian forces to strike targets in Russia.<\/p>\n

“The new missiles will be able to defeat high-value targets, destroy enemy ships and suppress enemy air defences,” the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A second project involves cooperation between Britain and Germany to develop a new long-range weapons system with a range of more than 2,000 km.<\/p>\n

Britain stated that the weapons under the second project will only enter service in the 2030s.<\/p>\n

“We can see from the war in Ukraine the decisive impact of long-range precision weapons, so the UK is stepping up, investing more than GBP 400m for long-range and hypersonic weapons this year,” said Defence Secretary John Healey, adding that the presented projects are intended to “keep the UK and NATO safe, boost deterrence, and build a new deal for European security.”<\/p>\n

As previously reported, the Anglo-German company Hypersonica\u00a0successfully conducted the first flight test\u00a0of a hypersonic missile prototype, marking an important step toward developing a European strike capability.<\/p>\n

Read also:<\/strong> Five More Children Kidnapped by Russia Returned to Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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