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There are certain normative restraints that would have held three years ago and no longer do...You only need to hit so many ships, as we’ve seen in [the Strait of] Hormuz, before nobody will sail through.”

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan each bring their own set of strengths and capabilities to this alliance...all of the capitals have said the alliance would be open to friendly, brotherly states in the region...as to who would be threatened by this...given the state of affairs in the Middle East, all eyes are on how Iran and Israel will react."

If you imagine a football team defending against an opponent, you have layers of defence all the way back to the goalkeeper, where you’re trying to stop the ball. It’s very similar from an air defence perspective. You’re trying to counter threats as far away as possible. So I see Freya [the missile system] as part of that architecture."