NATO member the U.K. will face different threats from Russian missiles over the next two decades, a new research report will warn, as European members of the alliance scramble to plug gaping holes in the continent's air defense network and rapidly rearm.

The U.K. needs to boost its defenses against Russian missile attacks in the coming years by putting better shields around the important military sites Moscow would hope to target with cruise missiles, a report published by the influential British defense think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) will say on Thursday.

Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Russia has debuted several new advanced weapons it claims are very difficult or impossible for Western air defenses to detect.

At the same time,

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