US EditionBritain sends destroyer and helicopters with counter-drone tech to Cyprus
The UK is deploying HMS Dragon and counter-drone helicopters to defend RAF Akrotiri after a drone strike amid rising Iran-related regional tensions, officials said.
- Following the drone strike on RAF Akrotiri on Monday, the UK said it will send helicopters with counter‑drone capabilities and the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon to protect British military personnel in Cyprus.
- Regional attacks and counter‑strikes have intensified as Iran and its proxies launched retaliatory strikes, including on RAF Akrotiri, after US and Israeli actions escalated the conflict.
- Families of service personnel have been moved from the base as a precaution, and France plans to send a frigate and anti‑drone systems to Cyprus, reported Cyprus News Agency.
- More than 200,000 British nationals are thought to be at risk in the Gulf as cancellations across seven major Middle East airports exceed 12,300 flights, and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said a government charter will depart from Muscat in the coming days.
- Disruptions in key shipping lanes and halted LNG output raise broader economic risks as UK benchmark gas price jumped 54 per cent and Brent crude rose nine per cent on March 2, with analysts warning of higher household bills and uncertain rate cuts.
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perspectivemedia.comHMS Dragon not set to sail until next week to protect Cyprus
The warship is being reloaded with ammunition in Portsmouth before departing for the Mediterranean.
After the British Navy's Acrotiri military base in Cyprus was hit months by a drone, the people of the salt are now living in uncertainty and fear. The salt is now almost naked, many of the residents going to the red...
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