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Germany plans anti-sabotage shield after airport drone attack, Bild reports

The plan would expand mobile counter-drone units and add AI tools, a cyber shield and new legal powers for critical infrastructure operators.

  • On Sunday, Bild and Sonntag reported that Germany is planning a broad package of measures to strengthen defenses against drone attacks and Russian sabotage following a failed airport attack last month.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated Russia's hybrid attacks have become a part of daily reality, asserting, "These attacks will increase, but we can defend and protect ourselves."
  • Expanding police mobile drone defense capabilities, the German interior ministry plans to station counter-drone units in cities to protect airspace above critical transport hubs and government districts.
  • The government intends to establish a "cyberdome" involving digital sensors to detect hacking, while expanding AI-supported technologies and biometric facial recognition at transport hubs to identify suspected attackers.
  • Companies operating critical infrastructure gain authority to actively fend off drones, while Russia denied involvement in the airport attack, calling allegations of operations in Western Europe "anti-Russian action.
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After the drone incident in Leipzig, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to better protect airports, railway stations and critical infrastructure. Companies should be able to ward off drones themselves.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt expects an increase in hybrid attacks. Therefore, he wants to better protect the airspace via airports and railway stations. Some companies should also be able to actively defend themselves.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Following the failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt expects increasing hybrid attacks and wants to expand its defences by means of a protective shield. Quickly deployable units in strategically important cities are to protect airspace in the future.

·Vienna, Austria
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After the drone attack in Leipzig, the federal government wants to upgrade. A four-point plan is designed to protect stations, ministries and electricity grids.

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BERLIN (ANP) - Germany is introducing measures to counter Russian sabotage and hybrid attacks against the country. This is reported by Bild, which saw a plan from the Ministry of the Interior to that effect. For instance, the country intends to set up a so-called Cyberdome, a nationwide 'shield' against the many da...

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