UK Deploys RAF Jets Over Saudi Arabia in Defensive Air Patrols Against Houthis

✈️ LONDON — Britain joins the Saudi air defense mission while explicitly ruling out offensive strikes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: "Defensive" framing is political cover for Streeting domestically, but RAF jets over Saudi airspace change the coalition's exposure profile. A Houthi missile that kills British aircrew triggers Article 5 questions NATO hasn't answered. With Houthi salvo tempo sustained and Patriot magazines depleting, London just put personnel inside the threat envelope.