Altre truppe britanniche verranno inviate in Medio Oriente, afferma il segretario alla Difesa

TLDR: More air defence systems & crew, plus probably relief forces for the Army/Air force guys and gals already out there that need rotating out for R&R. No actual sign of building up of ground troops to help some US ground invasion.

>Extra UK troops, along with further UK air defence systems, will be deployed to the Middle East to help with defensive action against Iranian attacks.

>On a trip to the Gulf nations, Defence Secretary John Healey said extra air defence teams and systems would be deployed to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait while the use of Typhoon jets in Qatar will be extended.

>Healey said around 1,000 British military personnel are now involved in the defence of the Gulf and Cyprus.

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>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday the UK is “not going to get dragged into this war” but would continue to defend its interests and allies in the region.

>The defence secretary has been visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain as the government announced the deployment of further systems, and associated teams, for each of the three nations as well as for Kuwait.

>Visiting the UK Armed Forces at Dukhan air base, Healey said the government has extended the deployment of UK Typhoon jets to Qatar.

The headline is designed to be such bait as it implies we’re sending troops to participate in the war when we’re actually sending more air defences to protect UK forces in the region who are already being attacked by Iran

People also need to stop pretending that if we stop intercepting the drones and missiles being sent towards our forces Iran will leave us alone as it means we’re “not involved.” Iran doesn’t remotely care if you support the war or not, they proved this as much with their attack on Azerbaijan and a Thai cargo ship and Lebanon’s government has already confirmed that the attack on RAF Akrotiri was carried out at the instruction of the IRGC which means our government told a technical truth when they denied the attack was by Iran as yes the attack wasn’t by Iran it was by Hezbollah but Hezbollah did it because Iranian officers in Lebanon told them to