Overview

• Bavaria plans to amend its police law to authorize broader detection and potential interception or shootdowns, with talk of developing catch and hunter drones.
• Berlin intends to equip police with short‑range radars, reconnaissance drones to locate pilots, and kinetic systems, paired with lasting legal authority to disable hostile craft.
• North Rhine‑Westphalia schedules a Landtag debate as CDU interior expert Gregor Golland calls for immediate legal clarity and technical solutions, describing the challenge as ultimately military.
• Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt promotes a joint drone‑defence center involving Bundespolizei, customs, the BKA and state authorities to coordinate responses.
• Experts warn that shooting drones over populated areas poses unacceptable risks, police unions decry underpreparedness and demand rapid investment, and public claims of Russian links remain unproven and denied by the Kremlin.