British PM Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that he will be sending four more fighter jets to Qatar and anti-drone Wildcat helicopters to Cyprus amid the ongoing Iran war.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will be sending four additional fighter jets to Qatar amid the ongoing Iran war.
The four Typhoon planes will join an existing UK squadron in the Gulf state “to strengthen our defensive operations in Qatar and across the region,” Starmer told reporters. He also said Wildcat helicopters with anti-drone capabilities are being sent to Cyprus.
The announcement came after UK Defence Secretary John Healey arrived in Cyprus following a drone strike on a Royal Air Force base on the Mediterranean island earlier this week.
An Iranian-made unmanned drone struck a hangar at the base at Akrotiri on Monday. Two further drones detected that day were sH๏τ down by British warplanes.
