Overview

• An internal memo cited by multiple outlets describes swarm-like formations, including a “mother drone,” flying parallel tracks over Kiel’s power plant, university hospital, state government seat, TKMS shipyard, parts of the Kiel Fjord and Nord–Ostsee–Kanal, and reportedly the Heide refinery.
• Schleswig-Holstein’s interior minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack said investigations are active but no qualitatively increased and concrete threat is currently derived, with several reports since clarified as aircraft, helicopters or legal drones and others still unverified.
• The Flensburg public prosecutor opened an investigation on initial suspicion of a security‑threatening recording, while authorities have not determined the origin or intent of the flights.
• Similar suspicious activity was reported in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, including over a Bundeswehr site in Sanitz, the Marinekommando in Rostock and the Rostock seaport, where federal police observed coordinated movements by large quadcopters.
• In response to recent incidents, Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has announced plans for a national drone‑defence center and legal changes to allow the Bundeswehr a larger role in domestic counter‑drone operations, as northern states accelerate joint defences.