The British government has been criticized for its inability to deploy a warship to the region promptly, as military vessels from its allies Greece and France arrived within days of Iran's retaliatory attacks. On March 1st, a British base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, was attacked by an Iranian-made drone, believed to have been launched from Lebanon or Iraq. London – Reuters. The British warship Dragon departed for the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, more than a week after a British air base in Cyprus was struck by a drone following attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran. The decision to deploy the destroyer was made a week ago, but it took several days.
