British army tests ‘game-changing’ weapon in the war against drones

British soldiers have successful trialled for the first time the game-changing weapon - (Ministry of Defence Crown copyright/PA Wire)

A new ‘game-changing’ weapon to take out enemy drones has been trialled by British soldiers.

The radio frequency-directed energy weapon (RFDEW) is intended to detect, track and destroy a range of threats across land, air and sea up to a kilometre (0.62 miles) away.