The Thales missile factory in Belfast is to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine, the Prime Minister has announced. The deal is worth up to £1.6bn and will involve recruiting 200 additional staff. Thales is a French-owned company which one of Europe's biggest arms manufacturers.

A Belfast factory is set to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine as part of a deal announced by the British prime minister. The Thales factory, which is located in east Belfast, had previously been awarded a contract to manufacture 650 lightweight multirole missiles (LMMs) for the country.

An order for the Thales missile factory to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine is “hugely significant” for the Belfast workforce, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. Mr Robinson also described the heated Oval Office confrontation between US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “appalling” and “destructive”.

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Northern Ireland's First Minister has said she is "incredulous" at a large order for a Belfast company to supply missiles for Ukraine.

The UK has signed a £1.6 billion deal to supply more than 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine that will be manufactured in Belfast. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday that the lightweight-multirole missiles (LMM) will be made in Northern Ireland, creating 200 jobs.

An order for a missile factory in Belfast to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine is "hugely significant" for the workforce, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said.

The missiles will be produced at Thales in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the order will create 200 jobs and support 700 existing ones.