{"id":708268,"date":"2026-07-24T04:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708268\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:53:08","slug":"the-united-kingdom-has-stated-its-readiness-to-defend-itself-after-irans-threats-to-strike-an-airbase-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708268\/","title":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom has stated its readiness to defend itself after Iran&#8217;s threats to strike an airbase in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom has stated that its armed forces are ready to defend the country from any attack following Iran&#8217;s threats to strike RAF Fairford, from where, according to Tehran, American bombers take off for strikes on Iranian territory. CNN reports this, writes UNN.<\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteContent\" style=\"text-align:left\">&#8220;Our Armed Forces are ready to defend the United Kingdom from any attacks, whether on our soil or from abroad. The UK is prepared to defend itself around the clock,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>a British government spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has stated that any military base used for attacks on its territory will be considered a &#8220;legitimate target.&#8221; Such threats were directed at RAF Fairford in southwestern England.<\/p>\n<p>Iran accuses the US of using the British base<\/p>\n<p>According to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the US has resumed using B-1 strategic bombers for strikes on targets in Iran. CNN notes that it cannot independently confirm this information. Meanwhile, Axios reported that the US military used B-1s during strikes on IRGC targets.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLinkItem\" href=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/en\/news\/un-secretary-general-warns-that-the-situation-in-the-middle-east-is-spiraling-out-of-control\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UN Secretary-General warns that the situation in the Middle East is &#8220;spiraling out of control&#8221;23.07.26, 21:04 \u2022 3346 views<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire is used as a forward operating base for American strategic bombers. Since the beginning of March, B-1 Lancer aircraft have been stationed there, followed by B-52 Stratofortresses, which have carried out combat missions.<\/p>\n<p>The base is located approximately 4,500 km from Tehran. As CNN notes, it is currently unclear whether Iran has the capability to carry out a precision strike at such a distance. Meanwhile, in March, Tehran launched missiles toward a joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia, but none reached their target.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLinkItem\" href=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/en\/news\/trump-said-he-is-close-to-a-decision-on-a-massive-attack-on-iran\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump said he is &#8220;close&#8221; to a decision on a &#8220;massive attack&#8221; on Iran23.07.26, 19:12 \u2022 3504 views<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom has stated that its armed forces are ready to defend the country from any attack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-708268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}