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Britain and France send warships and air defenses to Cyprus after drone strike

Mar 5, 202614 sources

place:cyprus

Summary

The UK is sending a Royal Navy warship, HMS Dragon, and helicopters equipped with counter-drone technology to Cyprus. This follows a drone attack on a British military base on the island.

France is also sending anti-drone systems, and Greece is contributing air-defense forces. The deployments are a coordinated European response to bolster security in the region after the strike.

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