Denmark: New drone sightings over military infrastructure – DW – 09/27/2025
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Danish security authorities said drones were seen over the country's biggest military base overnight.

New drone sightings were reported over Denmark’s largest military base overnight, Danish security authorities said on Saturday.

Broadcaster DR cited the armed forces as saying unidentified drones were seen near military installations.

  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 hours ago

    So why did the military base not track the drones? Radar systems these days brag about being able to track birds.

    Allegedly this was a big drone.

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 hours ago

      These. Plural. Multiple drones. Multiple military sites. Simultaneously. And it’s funny you mention birds… Without C-UAS systems, radar has difficulty differentiating birds and drones.

        • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          8 hours ago

          Cripes…

          First off, no they’re not. The whole point of a military drone is to have a military asset that’s hard to detect. And advantages in aerodynamics, fuel consumption, noise, and difficulty to track drop exponentially as size increases.

          Secondly, you need specialized radar systems present in the area to specifically detect drones and differentiate them from birds, as I’ve already said. When the drones departed - assuming they did, since the Danish government isn’t actually saying what happened with them - they would have left the range of the specialized systems. Denmark doesn’t have drone detection systems covering their whole country.

          Third, Finland and Lithuania have also recently had their airspaces invaded by drones. Which appeared to be coming from Russia.

          Fourth, Copenhagen is the location for the upcoming EU summit. No EU member would have any reason to test the defenses in Denmark prior to sending their own representatives there. Russia would, if it’s getting more aggressive… Which it is.

          The drones were almost certainly Russian. No one else has any reason to send them. Stop carrying water for Vladimir Putin.