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Typhoons

  • A Typhoon equipped with APKWS missiles
    Military
    Missile kit lets fighter jets down drones on the cheap
    Shooting down a drone with a fighter jet is as cost effective as wrapping sandwiches in gold foil, but BAE Systems has cut the price by firing an economy anti-drone Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) missile from a Typhoon Eurofighter.
  • The BriteCloud missile decoy system is being tested on RAF Typhoons
    Military
    RAF tests BriteCloud missile decoys on Typhoon fighters
    The Royal Air Force (RAF) has begun testing the latest version of the BriteCloud missile decoy on its Typhoon fighter aircraft. The disposable soda-can-sized anti-radar electronics packages began testing in April by the RAF’s 41 Test and Evaluation Squadron based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.