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Norway Diverts Flights as Europe Tightens Drone Defenses

Germany is preparing legal changes to let the Bundeswehr aid police against hostile drones, reflecting a broader push to coordinate defenses for this week's Copenhagen summit.

Overview

  • In Norway late Sunday, suspected drone sightings forced an OsloBardufoss flight to turn back and another to divert at Brønnøysund, with temporary airport closures reported by NRK and Avinor.
  • Denmark has banned civilian drones nationwide through Friday for EU leaders’ meetings in Copenhagen after repeated sightings and brief airport shutdowns last week.
  • France has deployed 35 troops, a helicopter and equipment, Sweden is sending radars and counter‑drone systems, and Germany has dispatched support personnel to reinforce summit security, officials said.
  • At talks in Warsaw, Johann Wadephul and Boris Pistorius described recent incursions as hybrid provocations linked to Russia, urged a cool‑headed response, and pressed for tighter EUNATO air‑defense networking.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt plans to amend the Luftsicherheitsgesetz this autumn to allow Bundeswehr support in locating, intercepting and, in acute emergencies, shooting down drones, as DFS logs a rise in airport disruptions.