Where’s your nearest bomb shelter? And how long would it take you to get there? What about at work? Have you downloaded an early warning app for alerts when there’s an incoming missile attack?

If you live in Britain, you probably can’t answer most of these questions. I have no idea where my nearest shelter is.

So what will you do when the time comes? All this might be purely theoretical. But it is not impossible

So what will you do when the time comes? All this might be purely theoretical. But it is not impossible

Israelis can answer all these questions and have been able to for years. Of course – they live under the constant threat of missile attack. They’ve had to implement effective monitoring, alerts and shelter provisions. And they’ve invested massively in anti-missile defence systems which despite the two mass casualty strikes they experienced o Saturday in Arad and Dimona, have been 92 per cent successful during an Iranian assault of over 400 ballistic missiles over the last three weeks. Since their current war with Iran started, there have been only four destruction sites in Israel.

Britain has never had to deal with all that. Not since 1945, anyway. But this week the Islamic Republic of Iran proudly demonstrated its long range ability, aiming its missiles at British territory – Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands. We now know (as we had suspected before) that Europe is also within range, including London. So what is our government doing to protect us?

Commenting from the southern Israeli city of Arad which was hit over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spelled it out for us: Iran targets civilians, and Europe should take note, especially after Iran fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Diego Garcia. “That’s 4,000 kilometres,” he said. “I’ve been warning all the time, they have now the capacity to reach deep into Europe. They already have fired on European countries – Cyprus. They are putting everyone in their sights.”

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