Overview

• Danish officials say multiple drones forced hours of halted operations at Copenhagen’s main airport, characterizing the incident as an attack on critical infrastructure.
• Sicherheitsexpertin Ulrike Franke warns that Germany lacks sufficient means to reliably detect and neutralize hostile drones in ways acceptable in civilian environments.
• Indicators such as ship-launched, long-endurance fixed‑wing aircraft point to reconnaissance consistent with Russia-linked operations, though attribution remains unconfirmed.
• Fraunhofer FKIE’s IDAS‑Pro prototype demonstrated a layered approach that fuses RF, camera and upward‑facing radar data, uses targeted jamming and deploys a net‑equipped capture drone.
• Technical and governance limits persist as jamming effectiveness falls with distance or non‑emitting targets, autonomous or fiber‑controlled platforms resist interference, EMP is impractical, and fragmented responsibilities slow timely responses.