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Entertainment and CultureBy Stefanie Dazio8/8/20261 min read
Two drones have been spotted flying over a German military base in the western part of the country earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a key cargo airport. That's according to the German military. Security surveilla…
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- Two drones were spotted around 10 p.m. on Thursday flying over the Bundeswehr base at Mechernich in western Germany, according to a statement from the German Joint Force Command released Saturday.
- Security surveillance confirmed the sightings, prompting military police to be deployed to the site, while the Euskirchen police department opened an investigation.
- The incident followed the discovery of a drone carrying explosives at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport shortly before midnight on Tuesday; the device was defused, but German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described it as a "new quality of danger."
- Leipzig/Halle is a major international freight hub that supports Ukraine, hosting Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft and NATO's Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS), which delivers equipment to alliance battle groups along the eastern flank from Finland to Romania.
- Drone activity over civilian and cargo airports has grown, echoing last year's mysterious flights over EU airspace that alarmed authorities and forced dozens of flight cancellations, stranding thousands of passengers.
- In 2024, an incendiary device ignited at a logistics center at the same airport, part of a plot Western security officials suspect was organized by Russian intelligence, amid broader accusations that Russia and its proxies have staged numerous incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine.
BERLIN (AP) Two drones were spotted flying over a German military base in the western part of the country earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a key cargo a