Lammy: UK forces 'taking down missiles as we speak'

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David Lammy says that the UK's capbility to defend its bases and the bases of its allies in the Middle East has "been there for months". The Deputy Prime Minister was responding to criticism that the government has been slow to bolster its forces stationed in the region.  Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I would want to reassure your viewers that the capability has been there for months

00:06to support our allies in air defences across the region.

00:10400 personnel, radar capability, F-35s, typhoons taking down missiles as we speak.

00:18And you'd have seen that over Qatar, you'd have seen that over Jordan just in the last few days.

00:23And of course we've got further capability and of course we coordinate with allies.

00:26That's why HMS Dragon's going in. That's why we've sent Wildcat helicopters.

00:32I don't want to talk about all of our capability because in the end I don't want to equip those

00:37that would seek to do us harm.

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