Overview
- Chief of the General Staff Frédéric Vansina said troops have orders to down unidentified drones over military bases when it can be done safely without collateral damage.
- Defence Minister Theo Francken said multiple large drones loitered over Kleine Brogel over the weekend to observe F-16s, munitions and other strategic assets.
- Authorities reported that a deployed jammer did not work, a police helicopter and vehicles pursued one drone for several kilometres and lost it, and photos of the drones were taken.
- Francken described two phases of incursions with small drones testing security radio frequencies followed by larger systems intended to destabilize the area.
- Belgium has opened investigations, alerted military intelligence, planned meetings with police, and prepared a €50 million counter‑drone package as similar unexplained incursions continue across Europe without confirmed attribution.