Credit: Royal Navy This is the moment the Royal Navy shot down a drone flying at hundreds of miles an hour using a new helicopter missile in a first-of-its-kind trial. The force fired a Martlet missile from a Wildcat combat helicopter to take down a Banshee drone over the Bristol Channel.

In a first-of-its-kind air-to-air trial, a Wildcat helicopter equipped with the Martlet missile engaged and destroyed a fast-moving Banshee drone over the Bristol Channel.

The military has enhanced its ability to thwart drone attacks after a helicopter missile downed a pilotless aircraft

In the first air-to-air trial of its kind, the Martlet missile destroyed a Banshee jet - a small jet fighter aircraft - flying at hundreds of miles an hour.

The Royal Navy has released incredible footage of the moment a new high-tech missile system destroys a Banshee drone over the Bristol Channel.

Royal Navy’s new missile shoots drone down in first-of-its-kind operation - The force said the successful trial of its Martlet missile was a significant advancement in the fight against ‘the very modern threat’ of drones.