A drone came within 250 metres of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, prompting a criminal investigation into the illegal use of unmanned aerial vehicles near sensitive military sites.
The incident, revealed by Lord Coaker, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence, occurred on November 22 as the carrier entered Hamburg port.
It comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions between Russia and the West, with Moscow likely to fall under suspicion given its […]
Mystery drone ‘came with 250 metres of Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth’