Overview
- Britain is deploying RAF specialists and equipment to Belgium following a formal request, with capabilities to track and jam hostile drones.
- French and German anti-drone units are already in country as part of a coordinated allied response to the incursions.
- Brussels and Liège airports temporarily halted flights after drone sightings, with Skeyes reporting a 30‑minute interruption at Liège and airlines diverting or canceling services.
- Unidentified drones were also reported near sensitive sites, including Kleine Brogel air base that is widely reported to host U.S. nuclear weapons, prompting intensified investigations.
- Belgium provisionally approved €50 million for detection and take‑down systems and is accelerating a National Air Security Center, while officials say Russia is a plausible suspect and Moscow denies involvement.