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RAF fighter jets deployed to shoot down Iran drones, MoD says (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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"In a statement, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Royal Air Force (RAF) will repel "any airborne attacks within range" of operations in the region.

It is understood RAF jets have flown over Iraq and Syria, not Israel.

PM Rishi Sunak condemned Iran's "reckless attack", pledging the UK would "continue to stand up for Israel's security". "

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Is the UK just cucked by America who are in turn cucked by Israel?

I'm not sure I'm in just older now. Take me back to 2009. The we should have moved closer to Europe. The EU had problems, and still has huge problems. Only if we could have a do over.

[–] Tweak@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

The UK sells Israel weapons. The US sells Israel weapons. Unlike other countries, Israel pays more reliably. A good salesman looks after their best customers.

Also, it seems that since Israel suffered no significant damage from the attack, they're not going to retaliate now. So the support worked, because otherwise there probably would have been more than minimal damge to Israel, they would have responded and we'd have open war between Israel and Iran.