India, Oct. 6 -- Conservative Party Conference 2026: On the penultimate day of this year's party conference, the Tories made a bold new proposal. UK's Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has promised to invest in a missile and drone defence system called the Britannia Shield'. The system would be worth 10 billion pounds and modeled after the 'Iron Dome' defence system of Israel.

Conservative Party Conference 2026: Kemi Badenoch's Announcement

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has put forward a £10 billion "Britannia Shield" plan to build an integrated air and missile defence network for the UK. This system would bring together advanced radar, command-and-control infrastructure, interceptor missiles and counter-drone capabilities, aimin...