Latest on Sky news... HMS Illustrious believed to be preparing to sail for Lebanon to evacuate UK citizens. Handy they were there really, goodness what we could do otherwise with existing commitments.
Wouldn't it make sense to pool resources with other EU countries and do a joint evac ? Sure that's been done before.
At least this one isn't hot & high and we have Akrotiri on the doorstep.
Things are really bad when an op of this type makes you wonder whether we have the resources to cope !
Hope it goes well for those deployed.
Edit: Oops! forgot to say, Illustrious is in Gibralter.