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'No assessment of Iranian plans to strike London,' says UK defense secretary
UK Defence Secretary John Healey says no intelligence suggests Iran plans to strike London despite missile tests near a UK-US base 4,000km away, with NATO defenses active.
- On Thursday, Defence Secretary John Healey said there is no assessment of Iranian plans to strike London, though he declined to rule out Tehran's capability to do so.
- Iranian missiles have previously targeted Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, with analysts placing London inside a 2,500-mile theoretical threat radius of Iran's most advanced intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
- Healey expressed dissatisfaction with British warship readiness, acknowledging reliance on German allies while Royal Navy records list 14 frigates and six destroyers currently in service.
- Business Secretary Peter Kyle authorized a government grant of up to £100 million to reopen the Ensus CO2 plant, aiming to mitigate shortages caused by the conflict.
- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will urge Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at the G7 meeting, while pledging an additional £2 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon.
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op-online.deCan Iran hit London with rockets? Healey didn't want to answer that in an interview – instead, he referred to NATO for the protection of Britain.
Iranian missiles could target these seven UK sites after Healey refuses attack
The Defence Secretary has declined to give a clean assurance that Iran lacks the firepower to hit the UK, even as he sought to calm fears by stressing that no strike on British soil is believed to be in the planning.
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