Ed Miliband’s Wind Farms Could Cripple UK ‘Iron Dome’ Anti-Missile Systems and Leave Britain a “Sitting Duck”
Britain is a “sitting duck” for drone attacks, senior defence sources say, because Ed Miliband’s wind farms interfere with radar used by defensive domes. The Mail has the story.
Ministers have been warned the UK lacks any equivalent to Israel’s famous ‘Iron Dome’, which gives it the capability to intercept ballistic missiles at high altitude from 40 miles away.
Military chiefs have called for the Treasury to allocate the estimated £10 billion required for the system – but have so far been promised only £1 billion to scope out options.
Germany, in comparison, is spending £3.5 billion on the Arrow anti-missile system as part of an expanding pan-European air-defence network.
Part of the reason for the Government’s hesitation is said to be that such a defence system would require the scaling back of Mr Miliband’s wind farm programme, which a source suggested “presents a major obstacle for anti-missile systems because of the impact they have on the radar needed to guide them”.
The Energy Secretary has vowed to double England’s onshore wind capacity to 29 gigawatts by 2030, and has dedicated £1.1 billion a year for offshore wind developers as part of his aim to meet Net Zero targets.
The source added: “Wind farms are effectively giant chunks of metal that stand in the way of the tracking stations. It’s fair to say wind-farms and radar are not a great mix.
“We are really lagging behind other countries on this. Ministers keep saying, ‘We have to be mindful of the cost implications, and there’s lots of competition for resources.
“Fine. But then what’s the cost of a missile landing in the middle of London, Manchester or Birmingham? We are sitting ducks.”
The RAF has also warned that the blades on Mr Miliband’s turbines reflect electromagnetic pulses pinged out by radar equipment to detect incoming aircraft and missiles.
This creates unhelpful background noise for system operators. Each blade on a turbine can generate a false return, meaning there is potential for disruption from several sites.
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They really don’t want little nobodies like us hanging on much longer to spoil their lovely net zero party. So what if we freeze to death, can’t cook a hot meal, go more that five miles on the eco electric bus, can’t be protected by the rump of our beautifully groomed unArmed Forces? They just don’t care.
Britain’s politicians, the Westminster/Whitehall cloister, have no clue about defence.
‘…the debate is no longer only about spending targets, but about national choices, public priorities and the need to build greater mass, resilience and readiness across the armed forces.’
https://www.universal-defence.com/blog/why-the-uk-must-move-faster-on-defence
Why must we do more on defence?
Simply observe how powerless Britain’s PM is now, a running joke on the international stage.
If Britain contributed more to Europe’s defence, we would not have our political decision making dominated by both the U.S. and e.u.
One major reason that Johnson caved in on lockdowns in 2020 was due to pressure from Macron. France provides 10-15% of Britain’s electricity from French nuclear power stations.
If we wish to become a sovereign nation once more, we must spend a great deal more on national security, including British nuclear energy and, at the very least, contingency fracking infrastructure to ensure energy security in times of national crisis.
All major parties have failed on national security. Systemic reform is required.
Miliband has to be on the make. Check his bank accounts.
Let us just remember which MPs and political parties have historically opposed “net zero” policies
I think it’s basically all of them…
Exactly
It’s probably for the best, anyway – as far as I can see the country’s completely screwed.
Of course we are. The socialists have left the door wide open.
We know that CO2 emissions reduction is the only thing that matters to our Political Class
Energy poverty doesn’t matter, the destruction of Industrial Base doesn’t matter, grid instability doesn’t matter, a landcape that looks like giant pin cushion of turbines doesn’t matter, and now we see that defending this country doesn’t matter. —-NOTHING matters except COMPLIANCE and ALIGNMENT with the ECO SOCIALIST AGENDA called SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. ——The most important commodity of all is ENERGY and we are to be priced out of using it by traitors that put pretending to save the planet FIRST and you LAST.
It’s OK.
The first thing any aggressor will do is take out all the windmills littering our coastline …. and then we’ll be sitting ducks anyway …. no energy, because the lunatics refuse to extract oil and gas and we have no nuclear capacity.
Might as well wipe us out, countrys screwed anyway, what will be interesting is who’s going to pay for all this lunacy when its bloody obvious it doesnt work, and there is no one left to work??.
“….because Ed Miliband’s wind farms interfere with radar used by defensive domes.”
Dear Lord, why am I not surprised?!
I’m surprised that self-interest doesn’t take over. I’m sure even Ed can see that the chances of him surviving a ballistic missile strike are lower than his chances of dying from CO2 poisoning.