"Britain's defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making its way through Parliament. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) claims that reported sightings of unmanned aerial intruders near sensitive UK military sites more than doubled in 2025 alone to 266, up from 126 in 2024. Current laws only allow police and certain other agencies to act against drones for preventing crime."
""Through the Armed Forces Bill, we're giving our military greater powers to take out and shoot down threatening drones near bases. And stepping up investment in counter-drone technology to keep Britain secure at home and strong abroad," Defence Secretary John Healey MP said in a statement. While Healey's words might conjure up a vision of guards bringing down an intruding quadcopter with a volley of well-aimed shots, the reality is that it will most likely involve the use of radio frequency jammers to disrupt a drone's connection with its human controllers."
The Armed Forces Bill will permit defense personnel to neutralize drones deemed threatening to military bases and operations. The Ministry of Defence reports reported sightings of unmanned aerial intruders near sensitive UK military sites more than doubled to 266 in 2025, up from 126 in 2024. Current law restricts drone intervention primarily to police and certain agencies, so the new measures allow the military to protect its own sites and operations and to target aerial, land and underwater unmanned platforms. Likely countermeasures include radio frequency jammers and directed-energy systems such as RF DEWs and high-energy lasers, with increased MoD spending on counter-uncrewed aerial systems.
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