Germany’s government on Wednesday said it approved a plan that would allow the military to shoot down drones illegally flying as a last resort.
The backdrop comes from several suspicious drone sightings that become key facilities.
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“The security authorities have noticed that the number of reports of sightings of uncooperative drones over critical infrastructure and military properties in Germany is increasing,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
“Drones as a tool for espionage and sabotage can pose a serious threat, especially to our critical infrastructure,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, adding that drones were being used more frequently “since Putin’s war of aggression” began nearly three years ago in Ukraine.
Faeser said that it is mandatory to make legal provisions that allow the German army to take measures “on the occasion of serious risks, including, as a last resort, to break down drones illegally. ”
Faeser said this would be in the interests of protecting critical infrastructure and also that it shows Germany “will not be intimidated.”
On Monday, the government of the southern state of Bavaria showed that up to 10 mysterious drones had recently been above the control air base, which houses an army aerodrome and is the position in which the Eurofighter plane develops through Airbus .
Investigators had not ruled out espionage as an explanation for why it was raised behind the flights and the fear of drones that there may be an imaginable link to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Currently, the Army can force the police to force an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to replace the address or ground, threaten to shoot it down or chimney guards.
KB/SMS (AFP, DPA)