Overview

• Danish police confirmed that one or two unidentified drones flew over and near Karup air base on Friday night and were not shot down, with the base briefly closed and multiple military sites under investigation.
• Norway is probing likely drone sightings near its Ørland F‑35 base that lasted about an hour without interception, and northern Germany opened an inquiry into suspected drones in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Defense ministers from about ten EU countries made the coordinated anti‑drone project a priority and plan to put it to leaders at next week’s informal summit in Copenhagen.
• Officials describe a layered system focused first on expanded ground and satellite detection, including acoustic arrays, followed by affordable interception options such as electronic warfare and interceptor drones, with costs estimated at several billion euros.
• Danish leaders have called the incidents hybrid attacks and flagged Russia as the principal security threat, Moscow has denied involvement, and Denmark has accepted Swedish anti‑drone support for the summit.