Drone Attack on RAF Akrotiri Update
They can also confirm that a Shahid-like drone
which targeted RAF Akrotiri, uh, on the 2nd of March, that
was the drone that came
in at midnight, they are saying that that was not launched from Iran.
So that is interesting and significant.
They are not giving us any information as yet as to where they think that was
launched from. But, uh, a drone that hit RAF
Akrotiri, that was the one I think that caused damage to the airstrip, uh,
did not
come from Iran, not... was not launched from Iran.
Uh, obviously may well have, uh, come, uh, via Iran.
And in the last 24 hours, the UK has resupplied air defense systems
to British
and allied bases across the region, including UK-built air defense
missiles, and that Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters
armed
with Martlet missiles capable of taking out aerial threats
are arriving in Cyprus in the coming
days. That is all we have in terms of an actual
timeframe.
The coming days could be, uh, as long as a week,
some would possibly argue
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