Air defence warship HMS Dragon set to make airspace a no-go area for Iran
The Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer will be heading to the region to counter aerial threats from Tehran and its allies
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Navy Wildcat and Martlet: The combination providing a ring of steel around warships
Martlet laser-guided missiles are mounted on 815 Squadron's Wildcat helicopters and can target multifaceted threats, including small drones
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Epic Fury Threat from Iran: RAF F-35B shoots down drone – a first for the stealth fighter in UK service
British F-35s have been operating over Jordanian airspace in defence of the kingdom from drone and missile attacks launched by Tehran
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Weapons and Kit Martlet: What we know about the best-in-class missile deploying to Cyprus on Wildcats
The missile can be launched from the shoulder, a static launcher or a vehicle, uses a laser targeting and travels at a speed of Mach 1.5
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Epic Fury One thousand five hundred strikes in 24 hours: How Operation Epic Fury began
The joint US and Israeli attack against Iran got underway on 28 February – here's what happened in the hours that followed