Belgium has recorded a growing number of \u201cunidentified\u201d drones flying over the facilities of Thales Belgium, one of Europe\u2019s largest producers of air defense systems and missiles.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f According to company officials, the number of drones over strategic sites has risen significantly over the past six months. Thales Belgium director Alain Quevrin called on the Belgian authorities to urgently adopt regulations allowing the blocking and destruction of hostile drones, as current laws prohibit such actions due to civilian safety concerns.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f These incidents come amid a sharp increase in reports of \u201cunidentified\u201d drones in the Baltic States, Poland, Romania, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. russia is using drones as a tool of hybrid warfare \u2014 testing NATO countries\u2019 reactions and probing weaknesses in their air defense systems.<\/p>\n
The Thales Belgium case demonstrates that russia\u2019s hybrid warfare extends far beyond Ukraine. European defense companies are becoming new targets of intelligence gathering and psychological pressure, as they supply Ukraine and NATO with the weapons needed to deter aggression. Strengthening counterintelligence and anti-drone capabilities is becoming a key element in protecting European security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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