Denmark has banned all civilian drone flights in its airspace this week because the nation will get able to host main European summits in Copenhagen.
The choice by the Danish transportation ministry to ban drones from in the present day till Friday, 3 October, comes after drone sightings compelled a number of airports in Denmark to close final week.
It additionally follows drone sightings at a number of army services in a single day into Sunday, in addition to NATO’s current announcement that it could improve its vigilance within the Baltic Sea area.
Denmark is because of host EU leaders on Wednesday, adopted by a summit on Thursday of the broader, 47-member European Political Neighborhood – which incorporates the UK – and has already stated it has elevated safety across the occasions after the drone incursions.
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A cell radar set up is seen on the Danish army website on Amager, near the ocean that separates Denmark and Sweden. Pic: AP
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated in a publish on X that Sweden will ship expertise to counter unmanned plane programs and that his nation individually on Sunday had additionally shipped “a handful” of radar programs to Denmark.
France can even be contributing to Denmark’s anti-drone capabilities, stated the French armed forces ministry on Monday.
The French authorities stated it could be serving to out Denmark by way of using a Fennec helicopter, in addition to a group of 35 employees who would deal with features of anti-drone work.
“We are currently in a difficult security situation, and we must ensure the best possible working conditions for the armed forces and the police when they are responsible for security during the EU summit,” Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen stated in an announcement on Sunday.
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The German Navy air defence frigate FGS Hamburg F220 is docked in Copenhagen on Sunday. Pic: AP
Earlier, on Sunday afternoon, the Danish defence ministry introduced that Germany’s air defence frigate, FSG Hamburg, had arrived in Copenhagen.
“The ship will contribute to strengthening Denmark’s surveillance of the airspace in connection with the upcoming EU summit in Copenhagen,” the ministry stated in an announcement.
In Denmark, the civilian-military Aalborg airport was shut two nights in a row final Wednesday and Thursday, with planes grounded.
Danish police stated the drones adopted the same sample to those that induced a shutdown at Copenhagen airport a number of days earlier.
Police stated drones had additionally been noticed close to airports within the Danish cities of Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup – the place Denmark’s fleet of F-16 and F-35 fighter jets is predicated.
