BRITISH war planes are on standby to shoot down Chinese spy balloons at a moment’s notice, Rishi Sunak warned today.
The PM vowed to do “whatever it takes” to protect UK airspace from hostile flying objects.
Rishi Sunak has vowed to do whatever it takes to protect Brits from hostile state actors and dangerous spy balloons
A spy balloon lurking near an American nuke base was shot down by the US army earlier this month
And he confirmed the army’s Quick Reaction Alert Force is on 24/7 notice to protect Brits from Chinese Communist spies.
“We’ll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe,” Mr Sunak pledged.
“We have something called the Quick Reaction Alert Force, which involves typhoon planes which are kept on 24/7 readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important.”
The PM added: “I can’t go into detail on national security matters, but we’re in constant touch with our allies and we’ll do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.”
Last week Defence Secretary Ben Wallace exclusively told Trending In The News that Chinese balloons could have spied on the UK ALREADY, and he would have shot them down if they were spotted.
Today Mr Sunak refused to confirm if the military knew of any previous cases.
“As I said, I wouldn’t comment in detail on security matters,” he said.
“But people should be reassured that we have all the capabilities in place to keep the country safe.”
Earlier this month the US military took down a balloon the size of three buses, which was spotted lurking near nuke bases around Montana.
A US official said that the balloon had flown over areas that contained sensitive airbases and nuclear missiles in underground silos.
MPs in Britain have sounded the alarm over similar acts happening closer to home.
Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns told Trending In The News: “Our Quick Reaction Force Typhoons keep our airspace safe and have proven themselves time and time again, not least against Russian Bear jets when they’ve dared us by flying along our airspace to test our response.
“The US is analysing the capabilities of the Chinese Spy Balloons they’ve shot down, and then Five Eyes Nations will need to ensure we have the capabilities to detect and destroy any Balloons in our skies.
“The Chinese Communist Party is in our skies, on our streets and in our pockets – it’s time everyone woke up to the threat, and that they don’t play by the rules.”
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