Denmark says new drone sightings overnight at military installations

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A mobile radar installation is seen astatine  the Danish subject   tract  connected  Amager, Pionegaarden, adjacent   the colony   of Dragoer and connected  the seashore  of Oresund, the oversea  betwixt  Denmark and Sweden, connected  September 26, 2025.

A mobile radar installation is seen astatine the Danish subject tract connected Amager, Pionegaarden, adjacent the colony of Dragoer and connected the seashore of Oresund, the oversea betwixt Denmark and Sweden, connected September 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP

Unidentified drones were observed adjacent subject installations successful Denmark overnight, the Armed Forces said connected Saturday (September 27, 2025), pursuing respective drone incursions adjacent airports and captious infrastructure this week.

"The Danish Defence tin corroborate that drones were observed astatine respective of the Danish Defence's locations past night. Several capabilities were deployed," a spokesperson said successful an email to Reuters.

The Armed Forces did not specify wherever the drones were observed.

Police said they had observed drones adjacent the Karup aerial basal successful occidental Denmark, Ritzau News bureau reported.

Norwegian constabulary said connected Saturday they were investigating imaginable drone sightings adjacent the country's Oerland aerial unit basal successful cardinal Norway, the main basal for Norway's F-35s pitchy fighters.

"The guards astatine the basal made respective observations extracurricular the base's perimeter aboriginal connected Saturday," a spokesperson astatine the Norwegian Armed Forces' associated office told Reuters.

Copenhagen Airport, the Nordic region's busiest, closed for respective hours precocious connected Monday arsenic respective ample drones were seen successful its airspace. Five smaller airports, some civilian and military, were besides unopen temporarily successful the pursuing days.

Danish authorities person called the incursions hybrid attacks, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said earlier this week it was "the astir superior onslaught connected Danish captious infrastructure to date."

Published - September 27, 2025 04:20 p.m. IST

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