The Danish protection ministry stated Sunday it had once more noticed drones at a number of of its armed forces’ areas in a single day, a day after NATO introduced it might improve its vigilance within the Baltic Sea area.
The ministry stated in a press release it had “a number of capacities deployed” after drone sightings from Saturday into Sunday night time. It didn’t provide any additional particulars in regards to the specifics of the deployment, the variety of drones or areas.
That is the most recent unexplained drone exercise after a number of sightings, together with over 5 Danish airports final week, elevating considerations about safety in northern Europe amid suspected rising Russian aggression.
Following a NATO assembly in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday, Colonel Martin O’Donnell, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe spokesperson, introduced that “we are going to conduct much more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain belongings within the Baltic Sea area, which incorporates Denmark, beneath Baltic Sentry.”
He additionally stated NATO leaders have been in fixed contact with Danish officers following the drone sightings.
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As Denmark gears up for the upcoming European Union Summit in Copenhagen, the Danish transportation ministry stated Sunday that “all civilian drone flying in Danish airspace might be prohibited” from Monday to Friday to “take away the chance that enemy drones may be confused with authorized drones and vice versa.”
“We can not settle for that international drones create uncertainty and disturbances in society, as now we have skilled lately. On the similar time, Denmark will host EU leaders within the coming week, the place we could have further deal with safety,” Danish transportation minister Thomas Danielsen stated in a press release.
“A violation of the prohibition may end up in a fantastic or imprisonment for as much as two years,” in keeping with the assertion.
The prohibition doesn’t apply to navy drone flights, drones utilized by state aviation, together with police and emergency drone operations, in addition to municipal and regional emergency and health-related drone operations.
On Sunday afternoon, the Danish protection ministry introduced that the German air protection frigate, FSG Hamburg, had arrived in Copenhagen.
“Right here, the ship will contribute to strengthening Denmark’s surveillance of the airspace in reference to the upcoming EU summit in Copenhagen,” the ministry stated in a press release.
“The German frigate is a part of NATO’s Baltic Sentry exercise, which is meant to strengthen NATO’s presence alongside the alliance’s japanese flank.”
Individually, Germany stated that following a request from Denmark, its armed forces would supply navy help for the upcoming EU summit by “Counter-small Unmanned Plane Programs capabilities,” also called C-sUAS, that are detection programs that use radar, optical and acoustics applied sciences.
Sweden had already introduced earlier that it might “lend Denmark a navy anti-drone functionality” with out giving additional particulars.
Tensions have been working excessive in Denmark in latest days following experiences of drone exercise, and a whole lot of potential sightings reported by involved residents that couldn’t formally be confirmed. Nonetheless, the general public has been requested to report all suspicious exercise to the police.
Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard stated on Sept. 25 the purpose of the flyovers is to sow concern and division, including that the nation will search extra methods to neutralize drones, together with proposing laws to permit infrastructure homeowners to shoot them down.
Whereas it’s not clear who’s behind the drone exercise, Denmark’s prime minister and NATO’s secretary-general stated final week that Russian involvement couldn’t be dominated out.
The Russian embassy in Denmark final week rejected claims of Moscow’s involvement within the incidents.
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