“We can confirm that HMS Dragon will deploy to the Middle East to pre-position ahead of any future multinational mission to protect international shipping when conditions allow them to transit the Strait of Hormuz,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying, News.Az reports, citing AL Jazeera.
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“The pre-positioning of HMS Dragon is part of prudent planning that will ensure that the UK is ready, as part of a multinational coalition jointly led by the UK and France, to secure the strait, when conditions allow,” they added.
HMS Dragon is being sent from the eastern Mediterranean, where it had been defending British bases on Cyprus.
