UK’s military assets ‘at risk’ from missiles

GAVIN CORDON

surface ships, large military aircraft and arguably any land system, “even the most heavily armoured”.

“Missiles costing (much) less than half a million pounds a unit could at least disable a British aircraft carrier that costs more than £3 billion,” it said.

It said the UK also made extensive military use of space for surveillance, communication, intelligence and navigation, including the control of missiles flying within the atmosphere, creating further vulnerabilities.

The Chinese carried out the test destruction of a satellite in 2007 and since then there have been numerous reports of Russia seeking to acquire anti-satellite capabilities.

A MoD spokesman said: “We keep all threats under constant review and we are confident our state-of-theart equipment is well protected.”