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Proceeding contribution from Lord Robathan (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Russian Ship “Yantar”.


Russian Ship “Yantar”

My Lords, I understand the difficulty of the Minister; I am not trying to stir things up, I assure him. But supposing a laser had brought down the aircraft by disabling the pilot, what would we consider that? Would we consider it an act of war?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
850 c1197 
Session
2024-26
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Infrastructure Lasers National security Navy Espionage Military aircraft Territorial waters Warships Russia
Link
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