the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
cancelled and travel disruptions are expected to last well into monday. aruna iyengar has this report. well into today. storm isha has hit hard, lashing the coast of ireland. this was a sea sidewalk in county louth. the harbour in county louth. the harbour in county antrim. an inland torrential rain and strong winds in the town of avoine. wales and solar winds reaching 90 mph. this was the coast of anglesey. in scotland, roads were closed due to falling trees. this tree came down in the clinic. luckily, nobody was injured. storm isha has also caused power cuts for tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland, north west england and wales. the somerfield in cumbria suspended operations overnight, staff told there were no safety issues but the closure was a precautionary step. there s disruption the railways. this tree fell onto trucks in north lanarkshire. scott bell has cancelled all of its rush hour trains this morning. its rush-hour trains this morning- its rush-hour