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"path": "/2026/04/24/britain-knows-the-threat-the-test-is-whether-it-can-defend-against-it/",
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"site": "https://www.europeans.today",
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"UK Defence",
"National Security",
"North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)",
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"textContent": "From drones to undersea cables, the UK faces modern threats below the nuclear threshold with stretched defences. That leaves ministers with a harder question: what can Britain actually defend?",
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