Overview

• Secretary-General Mark Rutte signaled that shooting down intruding aircraft is appropriate if necessary, as NATO endorsed a framework letting each member decide immediate responses to violations.
• Commanders outlined added vigilance around the Baltic Sea, including an air-defence frigate and new surveillance systems, and Germany deployed anti-drone troops to Copenhagen alongside the frigate Hamburg under the Baltic Sentry operation.
• An EU–NATO gathering in Copenhagen is set to examine a cross-border drone wall and funding tools after recent drone sightings prompted a nationwide drone flight ban in Denmark and temporary airport closures in Norway and Poland.
• Britain’s Project Octopus would mass-produce drones for deployment along the eastern flank, with thousands also intended for Ukraine, according to Defence Secretary John Healey.
• Baltic states and partners are advancing the Baltic Drone Wall centered on the layered Eirshield system, while UK, French and German diplomats reportedly met Russian officials in Moscow to underscore that allied warnings are serious.