An unidentified drone was seen trailing the UK's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in Hamburg, Germany, following a series of drone sightings over three RAF bases.
An unidentified drone was seen following the UK's £3billion flagship aircraft carrier just days after unmanned devices flew over three RAF bases. HMS Queen Elizabeth seemed to be tailed by an unidentified 1.5 by 1.5 metre drone at the entrance to the port of Hamburg. The German military tried to target the drone with HP-47 jammers before it flew away, according to the German newspaper Bild.
The incidents, which occurred between November 20 and 22, saw “small unmanned aerial systems” spotted over RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Marham. These bases are home to US Air Force fighter jets, including F-35A and F-15E tactical jets. While US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) played down the incursion, it came amid a week of serious escalation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. For the first time, Kyiv's forces hit targets inside Russia using US and British-supplied long-range missiles. In retaliation, Russia tested a new mid-range hypersonic ballistic missile in a strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against military facilities of countries that permit the use of their weapons against Russia
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