British Skies, British Watch: RAF Drone Tracks Russian Warship in the Channel

British military officials confirmed over the weekend that the Royal Air Force used its Protector RG1 drone last month to track a Russian warship in the English Channel.

For many voters, this shows national defence doing its job: British eyes on British waters, watching a foreign warship in the Channel rather than waiting on anyone else to notice.

The Royal Navy is reported to use a drone to monitor Russian ships in the English Channel and around Britain, and critics of open-handed assumptions about the seas will see in that a reminder that borders and coastlines still need guarding.