[Independent] An arms company that sold missiles to the Gaddafi regime in Libya is a "role model" for the sort of business Britain will be engaged in after Brexit, the Defence Secretary has said.Sir Michael Fallon said MBDA is "strengthening the reputation of this country" with its work and that it is "a role model for the kind of partnerships we’ll be seeking" once the UK has left the EU.
In 2007 MBDA signed a contract to provide £200 million worth of missiles and military communications equipment to Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya. The dictator was deposed in 2011 during a brutal civil war during which he was accused of bombing his own citizens.