LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is sending experts and equipment to Belgium to help it combat disruptive drone sightings, which have temporarily closed airports, the head of the British military said on Sunday.

Drones have been spotted over airports and military bases in Belgium in the last week, having caused major disruption across Europe in recent months.

Richard Knighton, head of Britain’s armed forces, told the BBC that his Belgian counterpart had asked for assistance and that equipment and personnel were on the way.

“The defence secretary and I agreed at the end of last week that we would deploy our people and our equipment to Belgium to help them,” he said, without giving details of what sort of equipment would be sent or how many personnel.

Knighton said it was not known yet who was

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