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‘Spying’ fears as nuclear air base targeted by drone flights

Belgium's defence minister, Theo Francken, voiced alarm following unidentified drone flights near the Kleine Brogel air base, which houses US nuclear weapons.
The incidents occurred over two distinct phases on Saturday and Sunday nights, with Francken suggesting they appeared to be a "spying operation".
He explained that small drones initially tested radio frequencies, followed by larger drones aimed at destabilising the area and people.
Francken noted that security services' jammers were ineffective as the drones adapted their frequencies, and shooting them down was complicated by potential collateral damage and legal ambiguities.
The minister lamented Belgium's lack of adequate air defence systems to counter such threats, referencing similar unidentified drone incidents in Belgium and other European countries.

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