The HMS Dragon (D35) at sea in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Dragon will be deployed to the Strait of Hormuz in the coming weeks. (Royal Navy/LPhot Helayna Birkett) HMS Dragon is operating in the eastern mediterranean as part of national government tasking to conduct air defence operations to sovereign British Territory. Whilst conducting operations HMS Dragon continues to conduct different training serials and manoeuvres to ensure operational readiness is sustained.

France, UK to Host Multinational Strait of Hormuz Summit

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The United Kingdom also announced the deployment of one Type 45 warship to the Strait of Hormuz—a development that is unlikely to change the situation much.

The Royal Navy announced over the weekend that it would finally send a warship to the Middle East to support defensive operations and protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. However, the best the UK had to offer was its Type 45 air defense destroyer, HMS Dragon, which was first dispatched to the Eastern Mediterranean in March.

“The pre-positioning of Dragon is part of prudent planning that will ensure the UK is ready, as part of a multinational coalition jointly led by the UK and France, to secure the strait, when conditions allow,” a UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) spokesperson told Naval News.

The Type 45’s key capabilities as an air defense warship come from its Sea Viper Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS), which can simultaneously track and destroy multiple aerial........

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