Britain plans to fly Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions over Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Defence said the aircraft would help protect Saudi cities from Houthi aerial attacks. The stated mission also covers infrastructure considered critical to Saudi Arabia. The ministry presented the deployment as defensive rather than offensive. Britain did not announce when the flights would begin. It also gave no aircraft count and did not identify the areas to be covered. The choice of Typhoon identifies the force as a combat-aircraft deployment, while the public details leave its scope and duration unclear.