Defence Secretary visits the Middle East as RAF Regiment gunners down more drones
John Healey has previously visited Cyprus during the conflict in the aftermath of the drone strike on RAF Akrotiri
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Epic Fury Operation Epic Fury: How is the UK defending its assets in the Middle East?
Defence Secretary John Healey told the House of Commons that UK Space Command is tracking daily Iranian missile activity and giving early ...
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Iran The Strait of Hormuz: The military cost of disruption as the Iran war escalates
Threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps prompted a partial closure of the passageway, sparking concerns as shipping traffic fell
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Epic Fury Epic Fury: Will UK minehunting capability be needed to protect the Strait of Hormuz?
With President Trump urging Nato allies to help open the waterway, Simon Newton has analysed the UK's minehunting capability
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Epic Fury Epic Fury: The online battle as AI disinformation spreads across the internet
BFBS Forces News has looked into the rising use of AI-generated content in conflict, which is making people question
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Iraq All six crew members confirmed dead after US KC-135 goes down over western Iraq
US Central Command said the refuelling aircraft was lost in friendly airspace, and that the loss was not caused by hostile fire or friendly ...
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Epic Fury RAF Typhoons now hunting for drones in the skies over Bahrain as Iran war rages
Half the jets deployed to Qatar have been flying sorties over the kingdom amid the ongoing conflict with Tehran and its UAV attacks
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Epic Fury Autonomous mine-hunting systems are now in the Middle East, confirms Healey
The Defence Secretary has also been speaking to military planners about what else could be sent to the region amid the ongoing war with Iran
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Epic Fury Find out what naval mines Iran could use to try to shut down the Strait of Hormuz
Most of Tehran's stockpile is domestically produced but it also reportedly sources the weapons from China, Russia and North Korea
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Epic Fury Our bluff has been called: Colonel Tim Collins on UK's ability to protect overseas bases
The former Royal Irish Regiment officer also said the UK had let its allies in the Middle East down by its response to the war with Iran
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Epic Fury Epic Fury: Here's why the UK couldn't just send HMS Prince of Wales to the Gulf
BFBS Forces News spoke to Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Duncan Potts, director of Universal Defence and Security Solutions, about HMS Prince of Wales ...
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Epic Fury Epic Fury: How the UK and its allies have been involved in the Middle East conflict so far
From RAF jets flying defensive missions to the deployment of warships, this is how the UK and its allies have been playing their part
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Epic Fury No decision to send Royal Navy carrier to Eastern Mediterranean, No 10 insists
The Government says while HMS Prince of Wales is on a state of high readiness, no order to deploy her has been given
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Epic Fury Merlin surveillance and control helicopter equipped with Crowsnest arrives in Cyprus
The Merlin helicopter can fly up to a mile in the air, giving advance warning of incoming drones or missiles
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Epic Fury Sea Viper missiles loaded onto HMS Dragon as she prepares to sail to Eastern Mediterranean
Images appear to show Aster missiles for the Sea Viper weapon system being loaded onto the Type 45 air defence destroyer
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Epic Fury Drone which crashed at RAF Akrotiri hit hangar, not runway, Downing Street confirms
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper initially said the drone which hit RAF Akrotiri on Sunday evening had crashed into the runway