Acknowledgment of the former defense minister of England about the inability to counter Iran’s ballistic missiles

According to RCO News Agency, “Ben Wallace”, the former defense minister of England, in an interview with “Telegraph” magazine, admitted the inability of the country’s armed forces against Iran’s missile capabilities.

On the other hand, this English publication, quoting defense experts, reported on Thursday evening that the Typhoon fighters did not have the necessary weapons to deal with the missiles fired by Iran during the Sadeq 2 operation and were unable. So that England was forced to play a role as a support and intelligence force during this missile operation.

Wallace also told the Telegraph: “British Type 45 anti-missile missiles were also powerless against Iranian ballistic missiles.”

The statements of the former British defense minister are while some media sources of this country, in an attempt to justify the British failure to counter Iran’s ballistic missiles, described “not sending enough forces and crews for British destroyers in the region”.

The Telegraph related the inability of England to the lack of allocation of sufficient funds to the country’s defense industry and quoted Tom Sharpe, the retired commander of the British Navy, and wrote: “Our performance in the coalition formed to counter Iran’s missile attack was insignificant and the reason for this issue It is 40 years of not allocating sufficient funds to British defense industries.

Referring to the developments in the Middle East and the “militant actions” of Russia, he called for the deepening of British defense capabilities.

On Tuesday evening, the “Odeh Sadegh 2” operation was carried out within the framework of Iran’s right to self-defense and based on international laws against the Zionist regime, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated in a statement that 90% of the shots hit the targets successfully.

However, before the success rate of this operation was revealed following the publication of satellite images, many Western media sources had claimed the success of the US-led coalition against Iran’s missiles.

The Zionist regime has promised to retaliate against Iran’s legitimate action, but the leaders of the Western countries, while supporting the Zionist regime and its claimed right to defend itself, have warned against the escalation of tensions.

Recently, US President Joe Biden has expressed his opposition to the possible plan of the Zionist regime to attack the nuclear facilities of our country. American media sources have also claimed that America is trying to limit Israel’s response.

British Prime Minister Kerr Starmer told reporters on Wednesday evening after calling the leaders of the Group of Seven: “We demand restraint from all sides. “No one wants an all-out war in the Middle East.”

Also, in contradictory statements, while announcing the agreement of the G7 leaders for the need to immediately reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, he said: “We will stand by Israel.” “Israel has the right to legitimate defense and this is obvious to everyone.”

But despite Starmer’s support for the Zionist regime, the former British defense minister told the Telegraph: “In April, British fighters managed to shoot down drones and cruise missiles. But now, we were powerless against Iran’s more advanced ballistic missiles.”

He added: “We could not shoot down the missiles during the recent Iranian attack. As a result, we were forced to withdraw and play an informational role.”

British fighters are ineffective in the Middle East

Wallace also pointed out that British F-35 fighters are weaker compared to their American counterparts and said: “Unlike the American F-35 fighters, our fighters do not have the same weapons capability. “Our Eurofighter Typhoon fighters are also incapable of a possible war in the Gulf.”

Another unnamed defense source told The Telegraph: “Britain does not have enough manpower or ships to send an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf and the Ministry of Defense is hiding this inability.”

Despite the Telegraph’s revelations, a spokesman for the UK Ministry of Defense recently claimed that the UK was fully prepared to defend itself and “our NATO allies”.

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