The Spanish Ministry of Defence has announced that its advanced frigate the Cristóbal Colón will sail to Cyprus to defend the island. It is set to get there at roughly the same time HMS Dragon leaves port in Britain…
The frigate is currently sailing with the French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle for training tasks in the Baltic Sea. Along with the French and some Greek vessels it will now head to the eastern Mediterranean, reaching Crete on March 10. Meanwhile the Dragon is still undergoing pre-launch maintenance until that point…
Spain, led by socialist Pedro Sanchez, has criticised Trump repeatedly and refused to provide support for the Iran operation. Gulf allies are raging at UK inaction and Cyprus’s high commissioner to the UK said the “least” he expected was for the UK to be able to defend its bases. Photographs from the Sun confirm that the damage from a ‘Shahed-style’ drone on RAF Akrotiri actually hit a hangar allegedly containing US military assets – contradicting what Yvette Cooper previously told broadcasters. It’s OK -Britain is sending… John Healey to Cyprus…
FLASHBACK:
- Friday, 2 April: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher authorises the assembly of a task force.
- Saturday, 3 April: Dockyards in Portsmouth, Devonport, and Gibraltar begin working 24-hour shifts. Many sailors are recalled from leave via TV and radio announcements.
- Monday, 5 April: Just three days after the invasion, the vanguard of the Task Force—led by the aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible—sails from Portsmouth.
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