Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones
France and Austria are moving to let utilities use jammers and interceptor drones as officials warn of rising hybrid attacks on critical sites.
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Europe is considering extending the measures to defend against drones, on the basis of fears that attacks on critical infrastructure could lead to power feathers and heat interruptions during the winter. Several governments are exploring the possibility of power grid operators, railways and other strategic objectives being able to neutralize unmanned devices that threaten their installations.
Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones
By Maria Rugamer, Leo Marchandon, Marek Strzelecki and Florence Loeve Oct 21 (Reuters) - At a former flight-test base south of Paris, drones swoop over fields and woodland as teams on the ground test systems designed to stop them — a response to a grow...
European governments are looking at the possibility of allowing energy companies and critical infrastructure operators to neutralize the drones that threaten strategic installations.The measure is based on fears that drone attacks could cause massive interruptions in electricity and heating, including during the winter.
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