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RAF Lakenheath personnel told to shelter over suspected drone activity

Sky News reports that the US military said nobody and nothing at the base was affected, while local MP Nick Timothy said the incident was resolved.

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US military responds to 'suspected unauthorised drone activity' at UK air base

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0:30Haynes says the US military reported no effect on personnel, aircraft or infrastructure.
1:08An internal alert instructed personnel at RAF Lakenheath to shelter in place.
3:47Local MP Nick Timothy says the public is not threatened and the incident has been resolved.
7:18Haynes examines British air defences and cooperation between US and UK security authorities.

An internal alert told personnel at RAF Lakenheath to shelter in place after suspected unauthorised drone activity at the Suffolk air base, according to Sky News.

Defence and security editor Deborah Haynes says Sky had seen a copy of the warning. The report adds the shelter instruction and the US military's account of the impact to coverage of the security incident at the base, which hosts American forces.

"We were told from the US military so far that no personnel, no aircraft, no infrastructure has been affected," Haynes says. Later in the broadcast, she relays a statement from local MP Nick Timothy saying there was no threat to the public and that the incident had been resolved.

Haynes places the alert alongside other security concerns involving American bases in Britain, including the earlier movement of more than a dozen aircraft out of nearby RAF Mildenhall. Those are separate developments in her account, not an established explanation for the suspected activity at Lakenheath.

The report closes by examining British air defences and the coordination between US and UK military, intelligence and police authorities in responding to shared threats.

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