Over a thousand drones were detected in the skies over Germany, and German authorities recorded 165 sabotage suspicions, a secret report revealed exposing the growing dimension of hybrid threats the country faces. The figures come at a time of growing concern about national security.
Berlin has been publicly hardening its discourse on these hybrid threats, increasingly acknowledging the country's vulnerability to this type of operations. The German government has warned of the need to strengthen security and surveillance measures.
Recently, Germany attributed to Russia a drone attack attempt loaded with explosives at Leipzig/Halle airport. This accusation represents a turning point in how Berlin publicly communicates about the threats it faces and their origin.
The now-known secret report underscores the unprecedented scale of these suspicious activities in German airspace, raising questions about the authorities' response capacity against increasingly sophisticated and frequent threats.
