The UK is deploying a specialist Royal Air Force team to help defend Belgium's skies following a series of sightings of "rogue" drones, the defence secretary and his military chief have revealed.

The ground-based unit will be equipped with kit that can track and take down unmanned aerial systems.

It is not yet clear who is responsible for the drone incursions, which forced the country's main airport near Brussels to close temporarily and have also impacted Belgian military bases.

However, there are suspicions that they could be linked to Russia .

Other NATO nations have also experienced similar problems, including Denmark and Germany .

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News

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