Destroyer leaves Portsmouth a week after deployment was announced following drone attack on RAF base in CyprusMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon departed Portsmouth on Tuesday afternoon for the eastern Mediterranean after six days of hasty preparation and a week after its deployment was announced by the prime minister.The warship is expected to take between five and seven days to arrive off the coast of Cyprus, where it will be able to defend against drone and missile attacks from Iran or its proxies in Lebanon or Iraq. Continue reading...