Drone Attack on RAF Base, UK Deploys HMS Dragon

0:00On March 4th, a drone struck the RAF base at Aquatiri in Cyprus, causing minor damage but no injuries. In response, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the World Navy ship HMS Dragon would deploy to the Eastern Mediterranean to protect UK, forces from further Iranian-linked air threats. The Type 45 destroyer is currently in Portsmouth, fresh from routine maintenance. It had been disarmed and was prepping for a different mission when the order came. Crews are rearming it now, but it won't sail until next week at the earliest. That puts its arrival off-cypers at two to three weeks after the attack. Meanwhile, the Cypriot President has turned to France and Germany for urgent naval backup. Politics heated up during Prime Minister's questions, where conservative leader Kimi Botanox slammed the delay and called Labour's defence priorities. Disguided, Starmer fired back, highlighting his government's massive spending boost of 270 billion pounds over this parliament and past Tory.

1:01Cuts Western officials now say that drone likely came from protee haran groups in Lebanon, not Iran itself, as the UK weighs its next moves in a tense region.