Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 25th The European Union plans to hold a meeting on the establishment of a "drone wall" on the 26th, aiming at using drone systems for defense and counter-measures. In the past few days, drone-related incidents have occurred in Poland, Denmark, Norway and other European countries, causing Europe to worry about its own security and the situation on NATO's eastern flank.

Earlier this month, European Commission President von der Leyen proposed at the plenary session of the European Parliament to build the EU's "eastern flank monitoring" mechanism, develop real-time space monitoring capabilities, and adopt the initiative of the Baltic countries to build a "drone defense line".

According to Reuters and Russian media reports, the EU is scheduled to hold a meeting on the establishment of a ¡°drone wall¡± on 26th, the meeting will be chaired by senior EU defense official Kubilius, to discuss the establishment of a ¡°drone wall¡± over Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria and Denmark.

Frequent security concerns

According to several foreign media reports, the recent intensity of drone-related security incidents in many European countries is the main reason for promoting the construction of the "drone wall" by the European Union.

On the 9th of this month, a large number of drones entered Polish airspace, and the Polish military urgently disposed of and shot down some drones. The Polish government said the drone came from Russia, but Russia denied it. NATO regarded this incident as "the largest violation of NATO airspace" and announced on the 12th that it would launch a military operation code-named "Eastern Sentinel" to strengthen the defense and deterrence posture of NATO's eastern flank.

In the evening of the 22nd, the Danish capital, Copenhagen, Kastrup International Airport suspended the flight for about four hours due to the discovery of several unknown drones. On the morning of the 23rd, Oslo Galermoen International Airport in Norway also closed for about three hours due to the discovery of unknown unmanned organs.

In response to Russia¡¯s allegations of possible involvement in the Danish and Norwegian drone incidents, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said on Monday that such statements would eventually cease to attract attention if the West made such unfounded allegations every time.

According to some analysts, the occurrence of these drone safety incidents highlights "there are gaps in the capacity of Europe and NATO in defending drones."

Reuters quoted Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budris as saying: ¡°There are huge vulnerabilities in the EU¡¯s defense system and we lack the right equipment to detect, track and destroy drones.¡±

Kubilius said on the 18th that the EU "hopes to take very intensive and effective preparatory measures to fill this loophole as soon as possible, which is really very dangerous for us". (Reporter: Sun Yi, Liu Jiang)