The Air Force Had Been Reporting an Increase in Drones over Military Airfields for Weeks, but Could only Defend Itself with Weapons.

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The Royal Netherlands Air Force apparently raised a major internal alarm as early as the beginning of November last year regarding a ‘significant increase’ in drones over military airfields. Yet, three weeks later, military personnel still failed to adequately protect themselves against them, resulting in multiple drones being sighted over Volkel Air Base and Eindhoven Airport.

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The Ministry of Defence does not want to release any more information about the mysterious drones that have been sighted above air bases such as Gilze-Rijen and Volkel. The ministry fears that potential adversaries could use this information to discover weaknesses in the security of military locations and Dutch airspace. This is evident from responses to a Freedom of Information Act request from RTL Nieuws. In late last year, Brabant was confro…

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The Royal Netherlands Air Force apparently raised a major internal alarm as early as the beginning of November last year regarding a ‘significant increase’ in drones over military airfields. Yet, three weeks later, military personnel still failed to adequately protect themselves against them, resulting in multiple drones being sighted over Volkel Air Base and Eindhoven Airport.