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BumRushDaShow

(168,563 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:41 PM 8 hrs ago

UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment

Source: The Guardian

Sat 7 Mar 2026 10.43 EST
Last modified on Sat 7 Mar 2026 10.58 EST

The UK is preparing an aircraft carrier before a possible deployment to the Middle East, the Ministry of Defence has said. Royal Navy workers in Portsmouth are readying HMS Prince of Wales, the navy’s flagship, meaning it could be deployed more quickly if a decision is made to mobilise it to the region.

No decisions have been taken to deploy the aircraft carrier, the Guardian has been told. An MoD spokesperson said HMS Prince of Wales could also undertake other planned missions.

Crews have been alerted of a potential deployment to the Middle East, according to Sky News, who also reported that the vessel’s notice to move has been shortened from 10 days to five. The warship would need to be escorted by other vessels and a submarine.

If deployed, the aircraft carrier would join HMS Dragon, which is also being sent to the region. Conflict has broken out in the region after US-Israeli airstrikes, which killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with other senior leaders.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/07/uk-preparing-aircraft-carrier-for-possible-middle-east-deployment

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UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP

Maybe not................ Lovie777 8 hrs ago #1

The UK better sit down and stay out of this disaster. Bread and Circuses 6 hrs ago #2

I don't know that they escape an obligation to defend their own bases. pat_k 1 hr ago #5

I think it a very bad mistake by the UK to get embroiled in this fiasco. flashman13 5 hrs ago #3

The UK's likely looking to reinforce Cyprus, where it has a couple of airbases which have already been attacked. Emrys 2 hrs ago #4

Lovie777

(22,712 posts)

1. Maybe not................

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:45 PM

8 hrs ago

Bread and Circuses

(1,903 posts)

2. The UK better sit down and stay out of this disaster.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:19 PM

6 hrs ago

Get your citizens out of the area and TELL Iran that you’re stopping the US from using the UK Bases.

EUROPE stay far away from the Gulf.

Let the Pedo and the Republicans OWN This disaster and eventual loss

pat_k

(13,166 posts)

5. I don't know that they escape an obligation to defend their own bases.

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:56 AM

1 hr ago

They certainly can't trust the felon to do it.

I suspect they have no intention of jumping in as an ally in the attack.

If they are, that is a terrible mistake.

flashman13

(2,305 posts)

3. I think it a very bad mistake by the UK to get embroiled in this fiasco.

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Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:10 PM

5 hrs ago

Emrys

(9,078 posts)

4. The UK's likely looking to reinforce Cyprus, where it has a couple of airbases which have already been attacked.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:10 AM

2 hrs ago

The Cypriots are seeing the presence of the bases as attracting danger, so could decide to tell the UK to leave, hence a degree of concern about shoring up the defensive military presence there and thereabouts.

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