Overview

• Following cabinet approval, a draft Bundespolizeigesetz would authorize interception with physical measures up to shoot‑downs and modern tools such as jamming, GPS interference and electromagnetic pulses.
• The proposal earmarks roughly €90 million annually for equipment and 341 additional posts, alongside a new Federal Police counter‑drone unit and a joint national drone‑defence centre planned to begin operations this year.
• A separate change to the air‑security law is being prepared to clarify when the Bundeswehr can act against higher‑end threats, leaving routine domestic incidents to police forces.
• Bavaria’s cabinet backed an emergency bill to let state police destroy drones and to create a competence centre in Erding, pending regional parliamentary approval, while Hesse is accelerating purchases of stronger jammers, radars and high‑performance cameras.
• Recent disruptions in Munich twice halted flights on Oct. 3 with thousands of passengers affected, and officials publicly suspect Russian links to many sightings though definitive attribution remains unproven.