{
  "id": 3056610,
  "title": "UK urges industries to support Freyja anti-ballistic missile program",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/uk-urges-industries-to-support-freyja-anti-ballistic-missile-program",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4157277-uk-urges-industries-to-support-freyja-antiballistic-missile-program.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged industries to back the Freyja anti-ballistic missile program during the opening of the Coalition of the Willing plenary session. Burnham revealed that the UK was the first to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons in 2023 and confirmed that he had approved the request to share Storm Shadow technology with Ukraine. This would enable Ukraine to develop its own capabilities with the assistance of British and French defense industries. Burnham further announced that he would call on British industry to support the Freyja project, which aims to offer a cost-effective alternative to U.S. Patriot systems for intercepting ballistic missiles.",
  "summary": "The United Kingdom will share information on British components of Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles and call on its defense industry to support the development of the Freyja air and missile defense system.",
  "key_points": [
    "British Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls on industries to support Freyja program.",
    "UK provided Ukraine with long-range weapons in 2023.",
    "Freyja aims to offer cost-effective alternative to U.S. Patriot systems."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}