{"id":365398,"date":"2026-01-12T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365398\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:56:08","slug":"britain-to-develop-new-ballistic-missile-for-ukraines-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365398\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain to develop new ballistic missile for Ukraine&#8217;s defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The British government said on Sunday that it will develop a new deep-strike ballistic missile for Ukraine to support the country&#8217;s war efforts against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Under the project, named Nightfall, the British government said it has launched a competition to rapidly develop ground-launched ballistic missiles that could carry a 200 kg (440 lb) warhead over a range of more than 500 km (310 miles).<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/britain-develop-new-ballistic-missile-ukraines-defense-2026-01-11\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Fbritain-develop-new-ballistic-missile-ukraines-defense-2026-01-11%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Ruchika Khanna in Bengaluru; 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