Overview
- On December 1, 2025, technical sensors detected about three unidentified drones circling roughly 100 meters above the Arrow 3 radar installation at Annaburg.
- A rapid-reaction Army team visually confirmed one drone and tried to down it with a G27P rifle fitted with a Smash X4 targeting optic, but the attempt failed and the drones departed.
- The Bundeswehr assesses the flights as likely deliberate reconnaissance and notes it was already the second suspicious overflight at the site.
- Military police (Feldjäger) and the Military Counterintelligence Service were notified, and a criminal complaint was filed with civilian police; no suspects or state responsibility have been identified.
- The radar element was inaugurated on December 3 with Defense Minister Boris Pistorius present, and authorities logged more than 1,000 suspicious drone flights nationwide in 2025 as new coordination and defense units were set up.