Denmark alerts NATO and EU after coordinated drone attacks at its airports

Denmark has reached out to NATO and the EU after it was forced to close Aalborg airport and placed three other airports on alert on Thursday as unauthorised drones conducted what authorities described as coordinated attacks.

Copenhagen was considering whether to trigger the alliance’s Article 4, in what was a hybrid attack involving a “systematic approach” in flying the drones near critical infrastructure, Danish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said at a press conference on Thursday.

Authorisation was given to shoot down the drones in case of future incidents, authorities said.

“We are going to find the people who are behind this,” Lund Poulsen said.

“We have various military capabilities that can help defend Denmark, F-35 and our frigates,” he added.

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