F-16 aircraft at an air base in Denmark. Photo: Bo Amstrup / AFP / Profimedia
The unidentified drones were observed near the military installations in Denmark at night, the armed forces transmitted on Saturday, the information coming after several other incursions near airports and essential infrastructure this week, Reuters reports.
“The Danish defense can confirm that the drones were observed in several locations of the Danish defense last night. Several capacities have been held,” a spokesman said.
The armed forces did not specify where the drones were observed.
The police said he noticed drones near the Karup air base in western Denmark, according to the Ritzau News Agency.
The Norwegian police said on Saturday that they are investigating possible drones near the Oerland air base in the center of Norway, the main base of Norway's F-35 hunting aircraft.
“The base guards made several observations outside the perimeter of the base on Saturday morning,” a spokesman for the common command of the Norwegian armed forces told Reuters.
Copenhagen Airport, the busiest in the northern region, was closed for several hours on Monday evening, after several large drones were observed in its airspace. Five smaller airports, both civil and military, were also temporarily closed in the coming days.
The Danish authorities have qualified these incursions as hybrid attacks, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said earlier this week that this is “the worst attack on Danish critical infrastructure so far.”
Drone alert wave continues in Denmark: Another airport has been temporarily closed on Thursday night
