Although there has been no damage or injury from a night of drone occurrences at military installations and airports in Jutland, western Denmark, the nation’s defenses have been revealed to be open to attack.
Denmark, a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) alliance, feels embarrassed that its vital infrastructure has become so exposed in an age of hybrid warfare.
Drones were observed in Esbjerg, Sonderborg, and Skrydstrup, and the airports in Aalborg and Billund were forced to close. Some of the air force’s F-35 and F-16 warplanes are stationed in Skrydstrup, although Aalborg is also used as a military facility. At Holstebro, drones were also spotted flying over the Jutland Dragoon regiment.
Defence leaders concluded it was better not to shoot down any of the drones, but it is not a long-term solution. In recent weeks, hybrid warfare has been waged against Norway, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. They’re all on the eastern side of NATO.
This month, both Estonia and Poland invoked NATO’s Article 4 after around 20 Russian drones were shot down and Russian war jets breached Estonian airspace for 12 minutes. Denmark has only stated that a “professional actor” was to blame for the drone attacks it witnessed.
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