UK and France Boost Cyprus Defenses as Middle East Tensions Escalate
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Britain is sending the HMS Dragon destroyer and two Wildcat helicopters to Cyprus to bolster drone defense after a Shahed drone attack on Akrotiri, while France moves the carrier Charles de Gaulle and its air wing to the Mediterranean to bolster allied defenses amid escalating Iran–US–Israel tensions.
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