JAKARTA - The British government announced that it would equip the Typhoon fighter jets deployed in the Middle East with a new anti-drone system.
"British citizens and regional partners will be better protected from drone attacks as the Royal Air Force (RAF) deploys new low-cost anti-drone weapons in operations in the Middle East," the British government said in a statement.
The government added that the new Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) will be installed on the RAF Typhoon fighter jets so that they can destroy targets precisely and at a much cheaper price than the missiles currently used.
It is said that less than two months passed between testing the system and its implementation.
In April, iPaper reported, citing sources, that British officials were concerned about the possibility of an Iranian attack on the British-American joint base and the British embassy in the Middle East, which is used for military coordination with the US, if the conflict escalates.
Previously in March, the British base of Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a drone attack which according to the British Ministry of Defense was likely to come from Lebanon or Iraq.
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