Published on
10/08/2026 - 22:29 GMT+2
Germany will beef up its anti-drone police unit, the government said on Monday, days after an explosives-laden unmanned aerial vehicle was flown into a strategically important airport.
Berlin was shocked by the incident last week when the UAV was defused after it was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig-Halle airport, a key military equipment transport hub.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who labelled the incident a "hybrid attack scenario" potentially involving a "foreign power," now plans to double personnel in the federal police anti-drone unit to 300.
