HMS Dragon, the Type 45 air defence destroyer vessel the government has deployed to protect RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, won’t even arrive on its shores for an entire week. British personnel in the area could be exposed for almost 14 days…
According to GB News’ Charlie Peters, the MoD expects at least a 24-hour delay before Dragon can even set sail on its 5,500 km voyage to the eastern Mediterranean. Navy First adds:
“The Navy had offered the government the option to preposition a Type 45 ahead of the attack that Trump had telegraphed for several weeks in advance, but planned NATO deployments were deemed the priority.”
HMS Duncan was originally expected to make the journey, but a maintenance and refit period meant Dragon was scrambled instead. Meanwhile RAF Akrotiri remains vulnerable to drone attacks. A shambles…
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