Royal Navy surveillance drones used by Britain’s elite special forces were fitted with Chinese-made cameras that secretly transmitted data to China, it has been claimed. The cameras on the K3 Scout uncrewed vessels, operated by the Royal Marines since March, contained components that sent “heartbeat communications” – routine signals confirming the devices were online – to an IP address in China. The Ministry of Defence was forced to strip all internet connectivity from the cameras after the breach was discovered.The £12 million fleet was supplied by British defence contractor Kraken Technology Group, which sourced the cameras from a third party…