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# British Army downs drone swarms in GBP 40 million radio wave trial
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-17-british-army-rf-dew-trial/
- Published: 2025-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:01:45.000Z
- Description: The UK Ministry of Defence said British Army soldiers used a Thales UK built radio frequency weapon to down two drone swarms in trials, a GBP 40 million programme demonstrating a low cost counter drone capability.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [UK Government (gov.uk) press release, 17 April 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-soldiers-take-down-drone-swarm-in-groundbreaking-use-of-radio-wave-weapon?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the weapon has been fielded operationally; this was a live trial, not a deployed system.

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