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"Danish authorities have said drones were seen at several military sites
overnight and announced that all civilian use of the unmanned aircraft will be
banned this week, as Copenhagen prepares to host two European summits.
The Danish defence ministry said on Sunday it had observed drones at several of
its armed forces locations on Saturday night, without giving further details.
The transport ministry said all civilian use of drones would be banned to
ensure security while Denmark hosts an EU summit on Wednesday and a meeting of
the European Political Community, a wider gathering of leaders from across the
continent, on Thursday.
It said the move would “remove the risk that enemy drones can be confused with
legal drones and vice versa”, and it said any violation of the ban could result
in a fine or two years’ imprisonment.
There has been a spate of drone incursions in recent weeks in Denmark, Poland
and Romania, as well as the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter
jets, while Russia continues its deadly bombardment of Ukraine.
On Sunday a German air defence frigate,
FSG Hamburg, arrived in Copenhagen to
contribute to “strengthening Denmark’s airspace surveillance” during the
summits, Danish armed forces said.
The frigate is part of Nato’s “Baltic Sentry” mission, which the alliance said
this weekend it intended to strengthen. A Nato spokesperson said there would be
“even more enhanced vigilance” in the Baltic Sea region, including Denmark.
Baltic Sentry – deployments of Nato frigates, aircraft and drones to protect
infrastructure – was launched in January after a series of incidents in which
power cables, telecoms links and gas pipelines on the Baltic Sea floor were
damaged.
Nato launched “Eastern Sentry” earlier this month to bolster the defence of
Europe’s eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions of Polish
airspace."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
