How did a small, cheap drone manage to breach the defences at RAF Akrotiri?
After a drone smashed through a hangar at the UK’s key military base in Cyprus, the spotlight has turned to the defences protecting the Sovereign Base Areas. The UK government has since moved additional units into the region while insisting that reinforcements had already been deployed weeks earlier.
Our reporter in Cyprus, Will Hollis, takes a closer look at what protects the base from the growing threat of attack, following the start of Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
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