British Destroyer HMS Dragon Breaks Down After Deployment to Cyprus

The British guided-missile destroyer HMS Dragon broke down shortly after its rushed deployment to Cyprus, where it was meant to bolster air defenses following a drone strike on RAF Akrotiri. The Type 45 destroyer remains moored with no clear timeline for resuming its mission.

10 Apr, 11:51 — 10 Apr, 11:51

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HMS Dragon broke down weeks after rushed deployment to protect British Base from drone strikes

A British guided-missile destroyer deployed to Cyprus to bolster air defences following a drone strike on RAF Akrotiri broke down shortly after arriving — and remains moored with no clear timeline for resuming its mission. HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, suffered a serious malfunction in early April, weeks after reaching the Eastern Mediterranean following […]

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HMS Dragon broke down weeks after rushed deployment to protect British Base from drone strikes

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