US EditionBritain says it’s not at war after a drone strikes its Akrotiri base in Cyprus
The UK allowed US use of RAF Akrotiri to target Iranian missile launchers after a drone strike, with families moved and enhanced defenses deployed, officials said.
- On Monday, Britain said it was not at war after a drone struck the runway at RAF Akrotiri late on Sunday, causing no injuries and minimal damage.
- Defensive deployments and Iraq-era memories have shaped officials' reluctance to escalate, with Britain last month deploying extra F-35 fighter jets plus radar and counter-drone systems as defensive measures.
- Some 12 hours later, sirens sounded and two Typhoon fighter jets plus a pair of F-35 warplanes scrambled, while base authorities at RAF Akrotiri warned residents and moved families of UK personnel to nearby accommodation.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer said `We are not joining these strikes,' while John McDonnell warned `We are being drawn in, just as we were in Iraq.'
- Britain insists its bases cannot be used for political or economic strikes in Iran; it did not join Saturday's strikes and barred US use of UK bases in England and Diego Garcia to avoid wider Middle East escalation.
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The wreckage of the Shahed-136 drone that attacked RAF Akrotiri airbase could have contained a Cometa-M4 radio-protected CRPA antenna.
Britain Says It's Not at war after a Drone Strikes Its Akrotiri Base in ...
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Britain says it's not at war after a drone strikes its Akrotiri base in Cyprus
Britain says it is not at war, despite an Iranian-made drone strike on a U.K. base in Cyprus and a decision to let the U.S. use British bases during its conflict with Iran.
Minister says UK ‘not at war’ after Iranian drone hits UK Cyprus base
LONDON, March 2 — An Iranian drone hit the runway of a UK air force base in Cyprus today hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would not join the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.He said that mistakes of the Iraq war had been “learned”.Starmer announced late yesterday that he had agreed to the United States’ request to use British bases for “specific and limited defensive purpose”.Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer insisted today t…
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