On the 3rd, German Interior Minister Dublint announced a series of measures to address the increasingly emerging threat of drones in Germany.
He said he would soon submit a new draft aviation safety law to authorize the German military to assist the police against drone threats. The Federal Police Office also plans to establish a new department dedicated to drone defense. In addition, Germany will establish a joint federal and state drone defense center to analyze threats, jointly communicate and coordinate response measures.
Durblent revealed that the German government also wants to strengthen cooperation at the European level on this issue.Therefore, at the European Interior Ministers’ Meeting in Munich this weekend, participants will discuss the threats posed by drones and the development of European drone detection and defense plans.
On the evening of the 3rd of June, local time, Munich airport operations were again interrupted due to suspected drones above the airport. According to Munich airport news, due to unconfirmed reports of drone sightings, the German Aviation Safety Authority (DFS) took precautionary measures to restrict and suspend flight operations at Munich airport until further notice.
Recently, unidentified drones appeared across Germany.In addition to the drone appearance over the Munich airport on the night of the 2nd, a spokesman for the German military confirmed that the drone was also found over the German defence base near Eldine in the same time after the 2nd.According to German media reports, a suspected drone also appeared over the "critical infrastructure and military facilities" in the northern federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.