British warship ‘shoots down’ waves of attack drones

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless trained against simulated attacks from the air and sea during the week-long Exercise Sharpshooter in Cardigan Bay, Wales. The serial used dummy drones and simulated missiles to test how the crew detected, tracked and responded to threats by day and night. Run from the Ministry of Defence’s Aberporth range, Sharpshooter combines live and synthetic threats and includes aerial targets and unmanned surface craft. Dauntless previously took part in a 2025 serial that employed the ship’s Phalanx and guns as well as Martlet missiles from its Wildcat helicopter.