HMS Dragon Heads to the Mediterranean After Cyprus Drone Strike
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Britain's destroyer HMS Dragon has sailed from Portsmouth toward the Mediterranean after Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed the deployment in response to a drone strike on Cyprus's RAF Akrotiri base, noting the Royal Navy currently has no major warship stationed in the region.
- HMS Dragon sets sail from Portsmouth and heads to Cyprus BBC
- British warship HMS Dragon departs for Eastern Mediterranean Reuters
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- The HMS Dragon row: why has it taken so long to get a UK destroyer to Cyprus? The Guardian
- ‘We should have seen this coming’: Why a Royal Navy ship took so long to set sail for Cyprus after Iran strike The Independent
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