Akrotiri? USS Ford in Crete? Can't see Greece being a target.
Following the reported impact near Beirut of fragments from an Iranian medium/intermediate-range ballistic missile that was intercepted earlier today over Northern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources have confirmed to Reuters that a ballistic missile launched from Iran was downed for the first time over Lebanon.
According to one security source, the interception was carried out by an SM-3 or SM-6 launched from a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer positioned in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The intended target of the missile is currently unknown, however, from the launch trajectory it may have been Cyprus or even Greece.
Well all the reports of trajectory and the location of the wreckage indicates the target was Cyprus - and presumably Akrotiri. Second attempt and all that.
Thankfully the USN does have its Arleigh-Burke AEGIS destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean to intercept. Just a pity HMS Dragon has only just reached as far as Souda Bay and wasn’t in position even to watch.