Europe grapples with drone disruption

Anti-drone troops from the UK, France and Germany are providing
assistance to Belgium after a spate of airspace incursions that some
officials have blamed on Russia

REPORTED AIRSPACE INCURSIONS (Sep 9-Nov 9, 2025)

Oct 31-Nov 9, Belgium
Multiple sites affected,
including temporary
closures at Brussels
and LiŹge airports
and disruption
at Kleine-Brogel
airbase

Doel
nuclear
plant

BELARUS
DENMARK
FRANCE
GERMANY
NORWAY
POLAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
UKRAINE
UK
Moscow

Drone sightings
near commercial
airports

Drone sightings
near military bases

Suspected Russian
drone incursion
into Poland

NATO member countries

DRONE DEFENCE CAPABILITIES
Troops: Specialist teams from France and
Germany operating in Belgium, alongside
around 20 RAF personnel from UK

Equipment: Systems such as RAFŐs
Orcus (pictured) can jam electronic signals
used by drones. Specialist teams also have
drones that eject nets to catch and take
down other drones, as well as interceptors
that ram hostile drones

Sources: BBC, Reuters
Pictures: Newscom, Tom Cotterill / X
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