UK deploys Rapid Sentry anti-drone air defence system to Kuwait

UK deploys Rapid Sentry anti-drone air defence system to Kuwait Britain has deployed its Rapid Sentry air defence system to Kuwait to help protect British and Kuwaiti interests, the UK has announced. A drone strike hit a power and desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday morning, following an attack overnight on the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery in the country, which Kuwaiti state media reported caused fires in a "number of operational units". Kuwait is around 80 kilometres from Iran.