{"id":326283,"date":"2026-03-15T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-the-uk-send-drones-to-the-middle-east-michael-clarke-analysis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:00:20","slug":"could-the-uk-send-drones-to-the-middle-east-michael-clarke-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-the-uk-send-drones-to-the-middle-east-michael-clarke-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the UK send drones to the Middle East? | Michael Clarke analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qgCcZQ1x9hI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Could the UK send drones to the Middle East? | Michael Clarke analysis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgCcZQ1x9hI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Defence and security analyst Michael Clarke spoke to Sky News about suggestions the UK government could send drones to the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have this new system, a robotics system,\u201d Clarke said. \u201cWe\u2019re working on a new generation counter-mine capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he said Britain\u2019s ability to deploy ships to the region is limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing we can\u2019t do is deploy ships in the area because we don\u2019t have any,\u201d he added, noting that HMS Dragon is currently the only Royal Navy ship available.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/iran-latest-trump-tehran-israel-strikes-us-drone-live-sky-news-13509565<\/p>\n<p>#iran #war #middleeast #drones #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence and security analyst Michael Clarke spoke to Sky News about suggestions the UK government could send drones to the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region. \u201cWe do have this new system, a robotics system,\u201d Clarke said. \u201cWe\u2019re working on a new generation counter-mine capability.\u201d However, he said Britain\u2019s ability to deploy ships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129314,130009,129421],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-326283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-analyst","tag-defence","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could the UK send drones to the Middle East? | Michael Clarke analysis | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Could the UK send drones to the Middle East? | Michael Clarke analysis for free, here on News ISC. 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