Germany Plans Anti-Sabotage Shield After Airport Drone Attack, Bild Reports
The plan would expand police counter-drone units, create a national cyberdome and give critical infrastructure operators new powers, the report said.
- On Sunday, Bild and Sonntag reported that Germany is planning a broad package of measures to strengthen defenses against drone attacks and Russian sabotage following a failed airport attack last month.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated Russia's hybrid attacks have become a part of daily reality, asserting, "These attacks will increase, but we can defend and protect ourselves."
- Expanding police mobile drone defense capabilities, the German interior ministry plans to station counter-drone units in cities to protect airspace above critical transport hubs and government districts.
- The government intends to establish a "cyberdome" involving digital sensors to detect hacking, while expanding AI-supported technologies and biometric facial recognition at transport hubs to identify suspected attackers.
- Companies operating critical infrastructure gain authority to actively fend off drones, while Russia denied involvement in the airport attack, calling allegations of operations in Western Europe "anti-Russian action.
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Following the failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt expects increasing hybrid attacks and wants to expand its defences by means of a protective shield. Quickly deployable units in strategically important cities are to protect airspace in the future.
Germany plans anti-sabotage shield after airport drone attack, Bild reports - Regional Media News
BERLIN, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Germany is planning a broad package of measures to strengthen its defences against drone attacks, cyber intrusions and other forms of Russian sabotage following a failed airport drone attack last month, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. • Interior [...]
After the drone attack in Leipzig, the federal government wants to upgrade. A four-point plan is designed to protect stations, ministries and electricity grids.
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welingelichtekringen.nlBERLIN (ANP) - Germany is introducing measures to counter Russian sabotage and hybrid attacks against the country. This is reported by Bild, which saw a plan from the Ministry of the Interior to that effect. For instance, the country intends to set up a so-called Cyberdome, a nationwide 'shield' against the many da...
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