Britain deploys HMS Dragon to Middle East for Hormuz security

13 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 9

The destroyer is moving from the eastern Mediterranean, where it has protected British bases since early March from Iranian drone threats.
London and Paris are jointly leading a multinational plan to reopen and protect the Strait of Hormuz once the current fragile ceasefire becomes a stable truce.
A French aircraft-carrier group passed through the Suez Canal on Wednesday to support the effort, which is intended to reassure commercial shipping in the vital waterway.

With its fleet stretched thin, can Britain's lone warship truly secure the world's most dangerous shipping lane?

Will a European naval mission calm the waters, or will it be the spark that reignites the US-Iran war?