Overview
- Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken reported multiple high-altitude drones over Kleine-Brogel across the weekend and said the aircraft appeared deliberately aimed at the base.
- An electronic jammer failed to disrupt a drone, and a helicopter with police vehicles pursued it for several kilometres before losing contact.
- Investigations are ongoing, with a meeting set between defence officials and police to analyze the threat and seek to identify and arrest the operators.
- NATO directed questions to Belgian authorities, and a separate drone was reported over Antwerp airport on Saturday evening, according to police.
- The base recently hosted part of a NATO nuclear-related exercise; reports of U.S. nuclear weapons at the site remain unconfirmed, and no public attribution for the latest flights has been made.