US Uses UK Bases for Defensive Iran Strikes

The UK grants the US access to bases like RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for limited defensive airstrikes against Iran's missile launchers and storage depots, responding to Tehran's scorched-earth missile barrages across the region. Prime Minister Keir Starmer frames this as supporting collective self-defense for allies amid Operation Epic Fury, where US and Israeli forces have already killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, destroyed over 200 targets, and sunk 30+ Iranian ships. Read more about this...