The US is likely to use RAF Fairford as one of its bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, the BBC understands. Sir Keir Starmer announced last night that the UK had agreed to the request from the US.

The British Army is fielding a new acoustic system to pinpoint enemy artillery, enhancing

Operation Kipion has effectively been suspended as the Royal Navy has withdrawn its two vessels from the Gulf. The frigate HMS Lancaster was decommissioned in December 2025, and the minesweeper HMS Middleton left the Gulf the week before US and Israeli airstrikes began, to return to the UK.