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Denmark Labels Drone Incursions Hybrid Attacks as Aalborg Airport Closes Again

Investigators have yet to identify a perpetrator, with a nearby Russian landing ship under examination.

Overview

  • Airspace over Aalborg was closed for about an hour overnight, with one KLM flight returning to Amsterdam and an SAS flight from Copenhagen canceled, according to police and FlightRadar24.
  • Authorities describe a coordinated pattern of large drone overflights targeting several airports and a Danish airbase this week, calling it a hybrid attack by a professional actor without a direct military threat.
  • Investigators are examining reports that the Russian landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin operated near Langeland with its tracking off; Moscow denies any involvement and calls the claims baseless.
  • Denmark plans to procure drone detection and neutralization systems and will propose a law enabling operators of critical infrastructure to shoot down threatening drones.
  • NATO and European leaders, including Germany and France, pledged deterrence and support, and Danish police heightened vigilance along the German border for possible drone transports.