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Britain Deploys Rapid Sentry Air Defence to Protect Gulf Interests
The RAF says the system will protect British and Kuwaiti personnel as drone strikes hit oil and power facilities.
- On Friday, the Royal Air Force deployed its Rapid Sentry counter-drone system to Kuwait to protect British and Kuwaiti personnel and interests in the region.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned a "reckless" overnight drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil refinery on Friday, which caused fires in a "number of operational units."
- With a range of eight kilometres, the Rapid Sentry fires missiles aimed at small and fast targets, providing what Air Commodore Paul Hamilton called a "credible kinetic safeguard" when electronic systems fail.
- On Thursday, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper chaired a meeting of more than 40 countries to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20 percent of the world's oil passed before Tehran closed it.
- Gulf nations including Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates remain vulnerable to Iranian strikes, with Kuwait located around 80 kilometres from Iran amid the ongoing regional conflict.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office has announced that Britain is deploying its air defense system in Kuwait after an overnight Iranian drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil facility.
UK deploys Rapid Sentry anti-drone system to Kuwait, air force says
Gulf countries including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have been pulled into the Iran war, targeted by Iranian strikes in retaliation to attacks launched by the United States and Israel on 28 February.
Britain Deploys Rapid Sentry Air Defence to Protect Gulf Interests
Britain is deploying its Rapid Sentry air defence system to Kuwait following an Iranian drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil facility. Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed the move with Kuwait's Crown Prince, affirming UK's support to Kuwait and Gulf allies in safeguarding regional interests.
Iran is attacking Kuwait and Israel in the morning with rockets and drones. According to reports, Tehran is also using internationally outlawed cluster munitions in its attack on the Jewish state.
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