London, March 10 -- The UK Air Force on Tuesday announced that overnight, a ground-based British Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems unit took out a drone in Iraqi airspace, which was heading towards Coalition forces.

The UK Ministry of Defence in a post on X said, "As a part of UK operations in the Middle East, the Ministry of Defence said that British pilots have now completed more than 230 flying hours on defensive operations protecting British people, bases and partners in the region. We have taken the decision to bring RFA Lyme Bay, a landing ship with humanitarian and medical capabilities, to heightened readiness as a precaution should she be needed to assist in maritime tasks in the Eastern Mediterranean."

This comes after United Sta...