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'Our
police must be able to shoot drones down immediately,' Bavarian PM says after
Munich disruption
Bavarian
prime minister Markus Söder has joined the calls to strengthen Germany’s air
defences, telling Bild that “our police must be able to shoot drones down
immediately,” instead of “waiting”.
CSU
leader Söder added that the issue will be discussed during the Bavarian cabinet
meeting on Tuesday, and a draft law will be fast-tracked to change the
regulations accordingly.
“Our
infrastructure must remain functional at all times. We need sovereignty over
our airspace,” he told Bild after last night’s drone sightings over Munich
airport.
Munich is
the capital of Bavaria.
1h ago
12.45 CEST
Sweden urges EU to simplify drone procurement
standards
Separately, Sweden’s prime minister Ulf
Kristersson called on the European Union to simplify procurement standards for
drones while maintaining that responsibility for strengthening anti-drone
capabilities should lie with individual member states rather than the bloc as a
whole, Reuters reported.
“The EU is not a defence organisation. … Every
country needs to build up these capabilities, and then we need to cooperate
very closely to be able to detect drones,” Kristersson told Reuters in an
interview in Copenhagen late on Thursday.
He added that “EU has a very good potential of
simplifying, for example, simplifying procurement standards.“
Sweden, home to defence manufacturer Saab, which
specializes in anti-drone technology, has emphasised that decisions about
equipping national armed forces should align with Nato targets rather than fall
under EU jurisdiction.
Kristersson also noted that EU nations are
prepared to act decisively.
“We don’t do anything carelessly, but we won’t
hesitate to use the force needed to bring down vehicles or threats that
actually violate our (borders).”
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