British soldiers have carried out the first test-firing in the UK of the Army’s new Land Ceptor missile system – an important part of the nation’s air defences.
When the vehicle appeared at the MOD’s training ranges in the Outer Hebrides, it looked like an ordinary Army lorry trundling through the stark, yet beautiful landscape.
But in fact it was the launch platform for Land Ceptor – a surface-to-air missile system similar to the Sea Ceptor that’s used by the Royal Navy’s frigates.
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