"Dobrindt had already announced earlier this week plans to strengthen the country's drone defences, part of broader push to build up the armed forces following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Saturday he confirmed that he wants to revise air safety laws to allow the "shooting down of drones" by the armed forces. "What we are witnessing is an arms race -- an arms race between drone threats and drone defence. We must prepare ourselves for this," he said."
"Germany wants to authorise its military to shoot down drones, the interior minister said Saturday, after a "swarm" of them was spotted over the north of the country. It comes after a string of drone sightings near airports and military sites in Denmark and Norway in recent days. Suspicion has fallen on Russia, even if no definite proof has been made public. Moscow has rejected suggestions that it was behind the Danish incidents."
Germany intends to revise air safety laws to permit the armed forces to shoot down drones after a "swarm" was observed over Schleswig-Holstein near the Danish border. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says drone sightings have increased since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and that such swarms were previously unseen. Suspicion has fallen on Russia, though no definitive public proof exists and Moscow denies involvement. Police currently lead drone countermeasures, prompting legal and defensive changes. Proposed shoot-downs would be constrained to circumstances posing serious danger to human life or critical infrastructure.
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