COPENHAGEN: The United States will deploy anti-drone defences to Denmark because it hosts an EU summit this week, Copenhagen’s defence ministry stated on Tuesday (Sep 30), after a wave of drone sightings pressured a number of airport closures throughout the Nordic nation.
The transfer comes after Copenhagen Airport, the busiest in northern Europe, was shut for hours final week together with a number of smaller airports following studies of huge drones of their airspace. Drones had been additionally noticed over Danish army websites, although no new incidents have been reported since Sep 27.
Danish officers have voiced concern that the exercise might be linked to Russian surveillance and have warned of hybrid threats in opposition to important infrastructure.
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Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden have additionally deployed anti-drone programs to Denmark within the run-up to the summit, which is able to collect greater than 40 EU leaders on Wednesday and Thursday.
“We’re happy and grateful that the USA additionally helps Denmark with anti-drone capabilities in reference to the upcoming summit,” the defence ministry wrote on X.
