BAE Systems upgrades Typhoon to boost fighter jet's abilities to attack targets both in the air and on the ground

Defence giant BAE Systems has upgraded a clutch of the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to boost the aircraft’s abilities to attack enemy targets both in the air and on the ground.

The supersonic Typhoon was originally designed as a Cold War-era fighter to take on fleets of enemy aircraft, like a modern day equivalent of the Second World War’s iconic Spitfire.

But modern operations in warzones like Afghanistan and Iraq have proved the need for the Eurofighter to perform as a bomber and engage ground targets as well – a role some defence analysts had warned the machine was incapable of fulfilling in its original guise.

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