Berlin (AP) – Mysterious Drone flights about the airspace of the Member States of the European Union In recent weeks, the public and chosen officials have alerted.
Intrusions in NATO Air SpaceSome of them blamed Russia, reached an unprecedented scale last month. Some European officials described the incidents as Moscow who tested NATO’s answer, what questions about how prepared the Alliance is against Russia.
On 10 September a swarm of Russian drones flew into the airspace of Poland, forcing NATO aircraft to intercept them and shoot some devices. It was the First direct meeting between NATO and Moscow Since Russia launched his total war On Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Days later, NATO Jets escorted Three Russian war aircraft From the airspace of Estonia.
Since then, viaducts have taken place in the neighborhood “Drone Wall” Along their limits to better detect drones, follow and intercept that break European airspace.
For some of them, Russia was blamed, but denies that everything has been done deliberately or that it played a role. The European authorities have not released many details about the drone intrusions, in which some only recognize the overlies days later.
Other times the authorities could not confirm an observation report. At a certain point, the Danish authorities were flooded with 500 tips from observations for 24 hours – some of which were only stars in the sky.
Countries try to find out how they can respond at the moment, including the weighing or authorities can shoot the drones.
This is what we know about some of the recent observations of Drone:
Airport closures throughout Europe
The German airport of Munich Saturday morning reopened After the authorities agreed the night before second time In less than 24 hours after two extra drone observations. It was expected that delays would continue throughout the Saturday and at least 6,500 passengers were hit by the overnight stay.
In Denmark, drones flew over Copenhagen Airport on September 22, which caused a major disruption for air traffic in and out of the largest airport in Scandinavia.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be excluded, and called “the most serious attack on the Danish critical infrastructure so far.”
In the meantime, a report of an observation of a drone took place the same evening at Oslo airport in Norway, forcing all traffic to one runway. Authorities investigated whether there was a connection between the two major airports.
Danish military sites are targeted
Drones also flew more than four smaller Danish airports between September 24 and September 25, including two that serve as military bases. The Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen said that a ‘professional’ actor was probably behind the ‘systematic flights’.
In the same time frame, various Danish media reported that one or more drones were seen near or above the Karup Air Base, the largest military base in Denmark.
The Ministry of Defense refused to confirm the observation at Karup or elsewhere and said that “for reasons of operational safety and the current investigation, the Defense Command Denmark does not want to comment on drone observations.”
Critical infrastructure in Germany
In Germany, the authorities are investigating claims that are not identified drones may have spied on a critical infrastructure in the northern state of Schleswijk-Holstein. Several drones were seen on 25 September about a power plant in the capital of Kiel, as well as near a university hospital and a shipyard in the port city, according to a report from der Spiegel.
Regional Minister of the Interior Sabine Sütterlin-Waack told a committee of the State Parliament that flying objects of “different shapes and sizes” were seen. Chief public public prosecutor Stephanie Gropp said that an investigation was underway.
Der Spiegel said two Small drones Was seen about the Kiel factory building of TKMS, a provider for maritime defense technologies.
Later a “combined drone formation” was observed in the university hospital and a power plant, and other observations of drone were reported about government buildings and the heath -oil refinery in the area, the report said.
Further suspicious drones were spotted over a military base in Sanitz, in the state of Mecklenburg-Westers Pomerania in the east, it reported weekly.
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