Denmark Shuts Multiple Airports, More Unidentified Drones Spotted
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Denmark shuts multiple airports due to unidentified drones, sparking concerns about security, geopolitics, and the need for stricter drone regulations.
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Add to that cyberattack on the airports 3 days ago and now massive drones in European airports (when Russia has been for several months having its own airports periodically shut down by Ukranian drones and thus clearly understood such an action and how it can be used in a hybrid war and also how it can hint at capability to perform a "Pautina"(SpiderWeb) style operation against Europe) - what are the chances for the drones to not be Russian. And not forgetting cyberattack on the airports 3 days ago.
Please could you provide a pointer, as I have never heard such a thing.
Europe should do the same instead of pretending Putin will understand any weaker response.
TL;DR: shoot them down on sight.
- The "Turkey taught Putin" narrative is kind of BS. The leader of Turkey imprisoned the pilot who shot down the Russian jet, essentially saying he acted on his own. Afterwards, Turkey bought Russian military equipment. This reaction is the opposite of sovereignty.
- Speculation: Russia is looking to provoke Europe into responding. The thinking is to get Europe to focus on their own air defense, over assisting Ukraine. This is why the general, and correct, response in Europe is to keep calm and keep sending air defense equipment to Ukraine instead of freaking out. There of course are some lines where it is not possible to shrug it off, like recently in Poland, where the situation was so unsafe that we had to react with weapons. The most important element of Europe's security is that the Ukraine war does not end in a victory for Russia.
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The pilots were arrested almost a year later, a few days after a coup attempt they were allegedly involved in.
Before that they were treated like heroes in Turkey.
That would be nice for Europe, but Putin openly stated that the goal is not to conquer whole Ukraine alone, but to restore the borders of the USSR in all its glory.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-...
See also the recent closure of Heathrow Terminal 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5ypl5grg24t
Link:
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/drone-ved-oslo-lufthavn
BREAKING now is additional drones over 4 other smaller Danish airports: Aalborg, Esbjerg og Sønderborg samt Flyvestation Skrydstrup.
Link:
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/droner-set-over-koebenhavn...
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/overblik-droner-over-flere...
(In Danish - Google Translate is your friend)
There were also unconfirmed sightings of drones around the airport in Oslo. The director of police states that "It is still unclear what was observed. There are conflicting interpretations of the observations that were made".
At least one of the videos published recently was likely of a school plane from Copenhagen Airtaxi, according to a Norwegian drone trade magazine: https://www.dronemag.no/dansk-droneobservasjon-kan-ha-vaert-...
Could it still be the Russians? Yes, I guess. But if the first observation turns out to have NOT been the Russians, to me that's a bit like how the first crop circles turned out to be a confirmed prank - yeah, technically later ones could still be aliens but given how it started doesn't that seem implausible?
Not to make a comparison otherwise, of course believing in nefarious Russians is a lot more reasonable than believing in mischievous aliens. But I'm trying to make an argument about a causal explanations and a kind of data-generating process, ... not doing too great a job at it I guess.
Also lights on. Still thinking coincidence?
The 4 other airports were all in DK, where it's top of the news and where everyone is talking about it. Not in other countries.
> Burning your home might be cheaper.
Makes no sense. Kids get off easy. And can be less concerned with consequences.
It’s also already illegal to fly drones above airports.
In parallel, some (Russian-controlled?) ships have been refusing Danish pilots for navigating the straits.
So... maybe Vlad is playing Goodfellas. Like many other dirtbags.
Still with lights on however.
Link to Danish story:
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/overblik-droner-over-flere...